Where does “reumakuume” come from?

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

reumakuume (Finnish): rheumatic fever

Definitions

  1. rheumatic fever

Ancestry of “reumakuume”, step by step

reumakuume 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 reuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreumarheumatism
2Swedishreuma—
Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuma →Every word from Finnish kuuma →Every word from Finnish kuume →