Where does “nuhatartunta” come from?

nuhatartunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish tartunta, from Finnish -ntä, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

nuhatartunta (Finnish): contraction of flu

Definitions

  1. contraction of flu

Ancestry of “nuhatartunta”, step by step

nuhatartunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tartunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtartuntacontagion, infection
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish nuha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuharhinitis; common cold
2Proto-Germanichneusanąto sneeze
3Proto-Indo-European(s)knus-to sneeze
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish tartunta →