Where does “klamydiatartunta” come from?

klamydiatartunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish klamydia, from Ancient Greek χλαμύδιον, from Ancient Greek χλαμύς, from Ancient Greek σαῦρος, from Ancient Greek σαύρα — lizard.

klamydiatartunta (Finnish): chlamydia contagion

Definitions

  1. chlamydia contagion

Ancestry of “klamydiatartunta”, step by step

klamydiatartunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish klamydia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishklamydiachlamydia
2Ancient Greekχλαμύδιονsmall cloak
3Ancient Greekχλαμύςcloak, robe, mantle
4Ancient GreekσαῦροςAlternative form of σαύρᾱ; horse mackerel
5Ancient Greekσαύραlizard

via Finnish tartunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtartuntacontagion, infection
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Ancient Greek σαύραEvery word from Ancient Greek σαῦροςEvery word from Ancient Greek χλαμύς
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