Where does “unitauti” come from?

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

unitauti (Finnish): sleeping sickness

Definitions

  1. sleeping sickness

Ancestry of “unitauti”, step by step

unitauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tauti

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

via Finnish uni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishunidream; sleep
2Proto-Finnicunisleep; dream
3Proto-Finno-Permicune—
Every word from Proto-Norse dauđi →Every word from Proto-Finnic tauti →Every word from Finnish tauti →
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