Where does “langetõbi” come from?

langetõbi (Estonian) comes from Estonian lange, from Estonian langema, from Proto-Finnic langet'ak — to fall.

langetõbi (Estonian): epilepsy

Definitions

  1. epilepsy

Ancestry of “langetõbi”, step by step

langetõbi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian lange

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianlangefall; lapse
2Estonianlangemato fall, to descend
3Proto-Finniclanget'akto fall

via Estonian tõbi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniantõbidisease
2Proto-Finnictopidisease, sickness
Every word from Proto-Finnic langet'ak →Every word from Estonian langema →Every word from Estonian lange →