Where does “jänisrutto” come from?

jänisrutto (Finnish) comes from Finnish rutto, from Proto-Finnic rutto — fast, quick, rapid.

jänisrutto (Finnish): tularemia, rabbit fever

Definitions

  1. tularemia, rabbit fever

Ancestry of “jänisrutto”, step by step

jänisrutto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rutto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruttoplague
2Proto-Finnicruttofast, quick, rapid

via Finnish jänis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjänishare; mountain hare, "Lepus timidus"; stowaway
2Proto-Finnicjänishare
Every word from Proto-Finnic rutto →Every word from Finnish rutto →
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