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Where does “kuumentua” come from?

kuumentua (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuumentaa, from Finnish kuuma, from Proto-Finnic kuuma — hot.

kuumentua (Finnish): to heat up

Definitions

  1. to heat up

Ancestry of “kuumentua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuumentaato heat; Third-person singular indicative present...
2Finnishkuumahot; ardent, passionate, fervent
3Proto-Finnickuumahot

Words derived from “kuumentua”

  • ylikuumentuminen
  • ylikuumentua
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