Where does “pääntauti” come from?

pääntauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

pääntauti (Finnish): strangles disease of horses caused by

Definitions

  1. strangles disease of horses caused by

Ancestry of “pääntauti”, step by step

pääntauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäähead; end, tip
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Finnish tauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtautidisease
2Proto-Finnictautidisease, sickness
3Proto-Norsedauđi—
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →