Where does “kuumetauti” come from?

kuumetauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tauti, from Proto-Finnic tauti, from Proto-Norse dauđi.

kuumetauti (Finnish): febrile disease, febrile illness

Definitions

  1. febrile disease, febrile illness

Ancestry of “kuumetauti”, step by step

kuumetauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtautidisease
2Proto-Finnictautidisease, sickness
3Proto-Norsedauđi—

via Finnish kuume

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuumefever, temperature; A rush, a period of feverish...
2Finnishkuumahot; ardent, passionate, fervent
3Proto-Finnickuumahot

Words derived from “kuumetauti”

Every word from Proto-Norse dauđi →Every word from Proto-Finnic tauti →Every word from Finnish tauti →