Where does “nuhakuume” come from?

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

nuhakuume (Finnish): common cold

Definitions

  1. common cold

Ancestry of “nuhakuume”, step by step

nuhakuume 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 nuha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuharhinitis; common cold
2Proto-Germanichneusanąto sneeze
3Proto-Indo-European(s)knus-to sneeze
Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuma →Every word from Finnish kuuma →Every word from Finnish kuume →