Where does “verirutto” come from?

verirutto (Finnish) comes from Finnish veri, from Proto-Finnic veri, from Proto-Uralic were — blood.

verirutto (Finnish): septicemic plague

Definitions

  1. septicemic plague

Ancestry of “verirutto”, step by step

verirutto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

via Finnish rutto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruttoplague
2Proto-Finnicruttofast, quick, rapid
Every word from Proto-Uralic were →Every word from Proto-Finnic veri →Every word from Finnish veri →