Where does “nukahtelutauti” come from?

nukahtelutauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish nukahtelu, from Finnish nukahdella, from Finnish nukahtaa, from Finnish -ahtaa, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

nukahtelutauti (Finnish): narcolepsy

Definitions

  1. narcolepsy

Ancestry of “nukahtelutauti”, step by step

nukahtelutauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nukahtelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnukahtelurepeatedly falling asleep
2FinnishnukahdellaTo fall into sleep, doze off
3FinnishnukahtaaTo fall asleep
4Finnish-ahtaaForms momentane or semelfactive verbs
5Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
6Proto-Uralic-ašta-—

via Finnish tauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtautidisease
2Proto-Finnictautidisease, sickness
3Proto-Norsedauđi—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ahtaa →Every word from Finnish nukahtaa →