Where does “kuumepotilas” come from?

kuumepotilas (Finnish) comes from Finnish potilas, from Finnish potea, from Proto-Finnic potedak, from Proto-Finnic poče-.

kuumepotilas (Finnish): patient with fever

Definitions

  1. patient with fever

Ancestry of “kuumepotilas”, step by step

kuumepotilas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish potilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpotilaspatient
2FinnishpoteaTo be sick with, have, suffer from
3Proto-Finnicpotedakto be sick with, to suffer from
4Proto-Finnicpoče-—

via Finnish kuume

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuumefever, temperature; A rush, a period of feverish...
2Finnishkuumahot; ardent, passionate, fervent
3Proto-Finnickuumahot
Every word from Proto-Finnic poče- →Every word from Proto-Finnic potedak →Every word from Finnish potea →