Where does “kissarutto” come from?

kissarutto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kissa, from Swedish kisse, from Swedish kiss — pee, wee, tinkle, urine.

kissarutto (Finnish): feline panleukopenia, feline infectious enteritis, feline parvoviral enteritis, cat plague viral infection affecting cats, caused by feline parvovirus

Definitions

  1. feline panleukopenia, feline infectious enteritis, feline parvoviral enteritis, cat plague viral infection affecting cats, caused by feline parvovirus

Ancestry of “kissarutto”, step by step

kissarutto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kissa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkissacat; cat, chick, fox
2Swedishkissecat, kitty
3Swedishkisspee, wee, tinkle, urine

via Finnish rutto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruttoplague
2Proto-Finnicruttofast, quick, rapid
Every word from Swedish kiss →Every word from Swedish kisse →Every word from Finnish kissa →