Where does “puutiaisaivokuume” come from?

puutiaisaivokuume (Finnish) comes from Finnish puutiainen, from Finnish puu, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.

puutiaisaivokuume (Finnish): Synonym of puutiaisaivotulehdus

Definitions

  1. Synonym of puutiaisaivotulehdus

Ancestry of “puutiaisaivokuume”, step by step

puutiaisaivokuume traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puutiainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutiainenany tick of the family Ixodidae, especially any...
2Finnishpuutree; wood
3Proto-Finnicpuutree
4Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish kuume

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

via Finnish aivot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaivotbrain
2Proto-Finnicaivobrain
3Proto-Uralicajŋebrain
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →