Where does “rohttu” come from?

rohttu (Northern Sami) comes from Finnish rutto, from Proto-Finnic rutto — fast, quick, rapid.

rohttu (Northern Sami): an epidemic

Definitions

  1. an epidemic

Ancestry of “rohttu”, step by step

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