Where does “hiirilavantauti” come from?

hiirilavantauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiiri, from Proto-Finnic hiiri, from Proto-Uralic šiŋere — mouse.

hiirilavantauti (Finnish): typhoid fever caused by Salmonella Typhimurium

Definitions

  1. typhoid fever caused by Salmonella Typhimurium

Ancestry of “hiirilavantauti”, step by step

hiirilavantauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhiiriA mouse, used rather indiscriminately for a...
2Proto-Finnichiirimouse
3Proto-Uralicšiŋeremouse

via Finnish lavantauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlavantautityphoid fever
Every word from Proto-Uralic šiŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic hiiri →Every word from Finnish hiiri →
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