Where does “helsott” come from?

helsott (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic suhtiz, from Proto-Germanic -þiz, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

helsott (Norwegian Nynorsk): disease that leads to death

Definitions

  1. disease that leads to death

Ancestry of “helsott”, step by step

helsott traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse sótt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesóttsickness, illness, disease; second-person plural...
2Proto-Germanicsuhtizsickness
3Proto-Germanic-þizForms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually...
4Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

via Old Norse Hel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseHeldeath
2Proto-Germanichaljōthe netherworld, the underworld, hell
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

Words derived from “helsott”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þiz →Every word from Proto-Germanic suhtiz →