Where does “ruttotauti” come from?

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

ruttotauti (Finnish): pestilence, plague

Definitions

  1. pestilence, plague

Ancestry of “ruttotauti”, step by step

ruttotauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tauti

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

via Finnish rutto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruttoplague
2Proto-Finnicruttofast, quick, rapid

Words derived from “ruttotauti”

Every word from Proto-Norse dauđi →Every word from Proto-Finnic tauti →Every word from Finnish tauti →