Where does “blóðfallssótt” come from?
blóðfallssótt (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic blóð, from Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
blóðfallssótt (Icelandic): dysentery
Definitions
- dysentery
Ancestry of “blóðfallssótt”, step by step
blóðfallssótt traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic blóð
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | blóð | blood; offspring, blood relation |
| 2 | Old Norse | blóð | blood; offspring |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | blōþą | blood |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Icelandic sótt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | sótt | illness, sickness; supine of sækja |
| 2 | Old Norse | sótt | sickness, illness, disease; second-person plural... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | suhtiz | sickness |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -þiz | Forms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via Icelandic falls
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | falls | indefinite genitive singular of fall |