Where does “pikkulavantauti” come from?

pikkulavantauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pikku, from Finnish pieni, from Proto-Finnic peeni — little, small; fine.

pikkulavantauti (Finnish): paratyphoid fever

Definitions

  1. paratyphoid fever

Ancestry of “pikkulavantauti”, step by step

pikkulavantauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine

via Finnish lavantauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlavantautityphoid fever
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →Every word from Finnish pieni →Every word from Finnish pikku →