Where does “seksitauti” come from?

seksitauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish seksi, from Latin sexus, from Proto-Italic seksus, from Proto-Indo-European séksus, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

seksitauti (Finnish): sexually transmitted disease

Definitions

  1. sexually transmitted disease

Ancestry of “seksitauti”, step by step

seksitauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seksi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseksisex; sexuality
2Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
3Proto-Italicseksus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Finnish tauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtautidisease
2Proto-Finnictautidisease, sickness
3Proto-Norsedauđi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European séksus →Every word from Proto-Italic seksus →