Where does “mænusótt” come from?
mænusótt (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic sótt, from Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic suhtiz, from Proto-Germanic -þiz, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
mænusótt (Icelandic): poliomyelitis
Definitions
- poliomyelitis
Ancestry of “mænusótt”, step by step
mænusótt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |