Where does “kosketustartunta” come from?

kosketustartunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kosketus, from Finnish koskettaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kosketustartunta (Finnish): transmission of disease via physical contact

Definitions

  1. transmission of disease via physical contact

Ancestry of “kosketustartunta”, step by step

kosketustartunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kosketus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkosketusA touch; contact
2Finnishkoskettaato touch; to affect
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish tartunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtartuntacontagion, infection
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →