Where does “pisaratartunta” come from?

pisaratartunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish tartunta, from Finnish -ntä, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

pisaratartunta (Finnish): droplet transmission, aerosol transmission method of transmission of disease

Definitions

  1. droplet transmission, aerosol transmission method of transmission of disease

Ancestry of “pisaratartunta”, step by step

pisaratartunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tartunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtartuntacontagion, infection
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish pisara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpisaradrop
2Proto-Finnicpisaradrop
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish tartunta →