Where does “mahatauti” come from?

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

mahatauti (Finnish): gastroenteritis, stomach flu, gastric flu

Definitions

  1. gastroenteritis, stomach flu, gastric flu

Ancestry of “mahatauti”, step by step

mahatauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tauti

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

via Finnish maha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmahabelly
2Proto-Finnicmahastomach, belly

Words derived from “mahatauti”

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