Where does “MS-tauti” come from?

MS-tauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tauti, from Proto-Finnic tauti, from Proto-Norse dauđi.

MS-tauti (Finnish): multiple sclerosis

Definitions

  1. multiple sclerosis

Ancestry of “MS-tauti”, step by step

MS-tauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtautidisease
2Proto-Finnictautidisease, sickness
3Proto-Norsedauđi—

via Finnish MS

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMS—
Every word from Proto-Norse dauđi →Every word from Proto-Finnic tauti →Every word from Finnish tauti →