Where does “taudinlevittäjä” come from?

taudinlevittäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tauti, from Proto-Finnic tauti, from Proto-Norse dauđi.

taudinlevittäjä (Finnish): disease vector, disease spreader

Definitions

  1. disease vector, disease spreader

Ancestry of “taudinlevittäjä”, step by step

taudinlevittäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtautidisease
2Proto-Finnictautidisease, sickness
3Proto-Norsedauđi—

via Finnish levittäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlevittäjäone who spreads
2Finnish-jäFront vowel variant of -ja
Every word from Proto-Norse dauđi →Every word from Proto-Finnic tauti →Every word from Finnish tauti →