Where does “risatauti” come from?

risatauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish risa, from Finnish risahtaa, from Finnish -ahtaa, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.

risatauti (Finnish): scrofula

Definitions

  1. scrofula

Ancestry of “risatauti”, step by step

risatauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish risa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrisatonsil; broken
2Finnishrisahtaato crackle or snap once
3Finnish-ahtaaForms momentane or semelfactive verbs
4Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
5Proto-Uralic-ašta-—

via Finnish tauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtautidisease
2Proto-Finnictautidisease, sickness
3Proto-Norsedauđi—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ašta- →Every word from Finnish -ahtaa →Every word from Finnish risahtaa →