Where does “veritartunta” come from?

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

veritartunta (Finnish): transmission of disease by blood

Definitions

  1. transmission of disease by blood

Ancestry of “veritartunta”, step by step

veritartunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

via Finnish tartunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtartuntacontagion, infection
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic were →Every word from Proto-Finnic veri →Every word from Finnish veri →