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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

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