Where does “tartuntavaara” come from?

tartuntavaara (Finnish) comes from Finnish väärä, from Old Swedish fahra, from Middle Low German vāre, from Old Saxon fāra, from Proto-Germanic fērō, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

tartuntavaara (Finnish): risk of infection

Definitions

  1. risk of infection

Ancestry of “tartuntavaara”, step by step

tartuntavaara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish väärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvääräwrong, incorrect; false, erroneous; crooked,...
2Old Swedishfahra—
3Middle Low Germanvāredanger, persecution, fear
4Old Saxonfāra—
5Proto-Germanicfērōdanger
6Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Finnish tartunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtartuntacontagion, infection
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fērō →