Where does “infektiotauti” come from?

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

infektiotauti (Finnish): infectious disease

Definitions

  1. infectious disease

Ancestry of “infektiotauti”, step by step

infektiotauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tauti

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

via Finnish infektio

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