Where does “vesitystauti” come from?

vesitystauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish vesitys, from Finnish vesittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

vesitystauti (Finnish): diabetes insipidus

Definitions

  1. diabetes insipidus

Ancestry of “vesitystauti”, step by step

vesitystauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vesitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesityswatering down weakening
2Finnishvesittääto water down weaken
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish tauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtautidisease
2Proto-Finnictautidisease, sickness
3Proto-Norsedauđi—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →