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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

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