Where does “ruttoinen” come from?

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

ruttoinen (Finnish): plagued

Definitions

  1. plagued

Ancestry of “ruttoinen”, step by step

ruttoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rutto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruttoplague
2Proto-Finnicruttofast, quick, rapid

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Finnic rutto →Every word from Finnish rutto →