Where does “tartutus” come from?

tartutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tartuttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

tartutus (Finnish): infecting, spreading (a disease)

Definitions

  1. infecting, spreading (a disease)

Ancestry of “tartutus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtartuttaato infect, spread (a disease)
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →