Where does “tartuntavaihe” come from?

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

tartuntavaihe (Finnish): contagious stage of an illness

Definitions

  1. contagious stage of an illness

Ancestry of “tartuntavaihe”, step by step

tartuntavaihe 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 vaihe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaihephase, stage, point, period; phase; stage of a...
2Proto-Finnicvajehgap
3Proto-Uralicwaješe-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish tartunta →