Where does “kuumereuma” come from?

kuumereuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuume, from Finnish kuuma, from Proto-Finnic kuuma — hot.

kuumereuma (Finnish): rheumatic fever

Definitions

  1. rheumatic fever

Ancestry of “kuumereuma”, step by step

kuumereuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuume

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuumefever, temperature; A rush, a period of feverish...
2Finnishkuumahot; ardent, passionate, fervent
3Proto-Finnickuumahot

via Finnish reuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreumarheumatism
2Swedishreuma—
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