Where does “motoneuronitauti” come from?

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

motoneuronitauti (Finnish): motor neuron disease

Definitions

  1. motor neuron disease

Ancestry of “motoneuronitauti”, step by step

motoneuronitauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tauti

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

via Finnish motoneuroni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmotoneuronimotoneuron
Every word from Proto-Norse dauđi →Every word from Proto-Finnic tauti →Every word from Finnish tauti →