Where does “silmätauti” come from?

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

silmätauti (Finnish): ophthalmopathy

Definitions

  1. ophthalmopathy

Ancestry of “silmätauti”, step by step

silmätauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tauti

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

via Finnish silmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
2Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
3Proto-Uralicśilmäeye

Words derived from “silmätauti”

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