Where does “kalansuomutauti” come from?

kalansuomutauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalansuomu, from Finnish suomu, from Proto-Finnic soomu, from Proto-Uralic śëme — scale.

kalansuomutauti (Finnish): ichthyosis

Definitions

  1. ichthyosis

Ancestry of “kalansuomutauti”, step by step

kalansuomutauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalansuomu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalansuomufish scale
2Finnishsuomuscale
3Proto-Finnicsoomuscale
4Proto-Uralicśëmescale

via Finnish tauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtautidisease
2Proto-Finnictautidisease, sickness
3Proto-Norsedauđi
Every word from Proto-Uralic śëmeEvery word from Proto-Finnic soomuEvery word from Finnish suomu