Where does “tartunnanlevittäjä” come from?

tartunnanlevittäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tartunta, from Finnish -ntä, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

tartunnanlevittäjä (Finnish): carrier, vector

Definitions

  1. carrier, vector

Ancestry of “tartunnanlevittäjä”, step by step

tartunnanlevittäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tartunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtartuntacontagion, infection
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish levittäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlevittäjäone who spreads
2Finnish-jäFront vowel variant of -ja
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish tartunta →