Where does “tarttuma” come from?

tarttuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarttua, from Proto-Finnic tarttudak — to stick, adhere.

tarttuma (Finnish): infection case of an infectious disease

Definitions

  1. infection case of an infectious disease

Ancestry of “tarttuma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarttuato catch, grab, seize; to be transmitted; to be...
2Proto-Finnictarttudakto stick, adhere
Every word from Proto-Finnic tarttudak →Every word from Finnish tarttua →