Where does “kituliaisuus” come from?

kituliaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kitulias, from Finnish kitua, from Proto-Finnic kitudak, from Proto-Uralic kičɜ — illness.

Ancestry of “kituliaisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkituliasstunted, runty, runtish, scrubby; withered
2Finnishkituato suffer pain
3Proto-Finnickitudakto suffer (for a long time) from pain or illness
4Proto-Uralickičɜillness
Every word from Proto-Uralic kičɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic kitudak →Every word from Finnish kitua →