Where does “lämpökuolema” come from?

lämpökuolema (Finnish) comes from Finnish lämpö, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

lämpökuolema (Finnish): heat death

Definitions

  1. heat death

Ancestry of “lämpökuolema”, step by step

lämpökuolema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lämpö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlämpöwarmth, heat; heat; fever
2Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish kuolema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuolemadeath, demise, decease; deathly
2Proto-Finnickoolemadeath
3Proto-Finnickooldakto die
4Proto-Uralickale-to die
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →