Where does “paiserutto” come from?

paiserutto (Finnish) comes from Finnish paise, from Proto-Finnic paisek, from Proto-Finnic -ek, from Proto-Uralic -ek — Forms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...

paiserutto (Finnish): bubonic plague

Definitions

  1. bubonic plague

Ancestry of “paiserutto”, step by step

paiserutto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaiseabscess; bubo
2Proto-Finnicpaisekboil, abscess
3Proto-Finnic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...
4Proto-Uralic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...

via Finnish rutto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruttoplague
2Proto-Finnicruttofast, quick, rapid
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ekEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ekEvery word from Proto-Finnic paisek