Where does “karistetauti” come from?

karistetauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish käriste, from Finnish käristää, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

karistetauti (Finnish): blight

Definitions

  1. blight

Ancestry of “karistetauti”, step by step

karistetauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käriste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäristesauté
2Finnishkäristääto sauté
3FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
4Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
5Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
6Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish tauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtautidisease
2Proto-Finnictautidisease, sickness
3Proto-Norsedauđi—
Every word from Proto-Uralic taka →Every word from Proto-Finnic taka →Every word from Finnish taka →