Where does “mammuttitauti” come from?

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

mammuttitauti (Finnish): delusion of grandeur

Definitions

  1. delusion of grandeur

Ancestry of “mammuttitauti”, step by step

mammuttitauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tauti

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

via Finnish mammutti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmammuttimammoth
2Swedishmammutmammoth
3Russianма́монтmammoth
Every word from Proto-Norse dauđi →Every word from Proto-Finnic tauti →Every word from Finnish tauti →