Where does “reumatauti” come from?

reumatauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tauti, from Proto-Finnic tauti, from Proto-Norse dauđi.

reumatauti (Finnish): rheumatic disease

Definitions

  1. rheumatic disease

Ancestry of “reumatauti”, step by step

reumatauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtautidisease
2Proto-Finnictautidisease, sickness
3Proto-Norsedauđi—

via Finnish reuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreumarheumatism
2Swedishreuma—
Every word from Proto-Norse dauđi →Every word from Proto-Finnic tauti →Every word from Finnish tauti →