Where does “valtimotauti” come from?

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

valtimotauti (Finnish): A common term used rather indiscriminately of...

Definitions

  1. A common term used rather indiscriminately of...

Ancestry of “valtimotauti”, step by step

valtimotauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tauti

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

via Finnish valtimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaltimoartery
2Finnishvalta-main, principal
Every word from Proto-Norse dauđi →Every word from Proto-Finnic tauti →Every word from Finnish tauti →
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