Where does “mätäkuu” come from?

mätäkuu (Finnish) comes from Swedish rötmånad, from Swedish röta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.

mätäkuu (Finnish): dog days period of time, in Finland traditionally July 23rd to August 23rd

Definitions

  1. dog days period of time, in Finland traditionally July 23rd to August 23rd

Ancestry of “mätäkuu”, step by step

mätäkuu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish rötmånad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishrötmånaddog days; July 22-24 to August 22-24, after...
2Swedishrötarot; luck
3Swedishafrom
4Swedishavloppa drain; sewage
5Swedishloppa race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English)
6Swedishlöpato run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
7Old Swedishløpato run
8Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
9Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
10Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-

via Finnish Kuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKuuThe Moon the satellite of the Earth
2Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
3Proto-Finnickuucisix
4Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish mätä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmätärotten; fishy; pus
2Proto-Finnicmätäpus; rotten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup-Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaupanąEvery word from Old Norse hlaupa
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