Where does “ulostetartunta” come from?

ulostetartunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish uloste, from Finnish ulostaa, from Finnish ulos, from Finnish ulko-, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ulko, from Proto-Albanian ulka, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

ulostetartunta (Finnish): fecal-oral transmission

Definitions

  1. fecal-oral transmission

Ancestry of “ulostetartunta”, step by step

ulostetartunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uloste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishulosteexcrement, faeces/feces
2Finnishulostaato defecate, excrete, egest; to oust, eject
3Finnishulosout, outside; outdoors
4Finnishulko-outer, external; foreign; overseas
5Proto-Finno-Ugric*ulko
6Proto-Albanianulkawolf
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf

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 wĺ̥kʷosEvery word from Finnish ulko-Every word from Finnish ulos
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