Where does “pernarutto” come from?

pernarutto (Finnish) comes from Finnish rutto, from Proto-Finnic rutto — fast, quick, rapid.

pernarutto (Finnish): anthrax

Definitions

  1. anthrax

Ancestry of “pernarutto”, step by step

pernarutto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rutto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruttoplague
2Proto-Finnicruttofast, quick, rapid

via Finnish perna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpernaspleen
2Proto-Finnicpernaspleen
Every word from Proto-Finnic rutto →Every word from Finnish rutto →