Where does “valkopilkkutauti” come from?

valkopilkkutauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pilkku, from Finnish pilkka, from Proto-Finnic pilkka, from Proto-Germanic blikkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyg-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

valkopilkkutauti (Finnish): ichthyophthiriasis, white-spot disease, ich parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by the ciliate

Definitions

  1. ichthyophthiriasis, white-spot disease, ich parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by the ciliate

Ancestry of “valkopilkkutauti”, step by step

valkopilkkutauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pilkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilkkucomma; dot; spot, dot
2Finnishpilkkajeer, mock, ridicule, jest; bullseye; a mark...
3Proto-Finnicpilkka
4Proto-Germanicblikkazshine, appearance, look; metal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleyg-to shine
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via Finnish tauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtautidisease
2Proto-Finnictautidisease, sickness
3Proto-Norsedauđi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyg-