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Where does “myyräkuume” come from?

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

myyräkuume (Finnish): epidemic nephropathy, nephropathia epidemica

Definitions

  1. epidemic nephropathy, nephropathia epidemica

Ancestry of “myyräkuume”, step by step

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