lungsot

Swedish

Etymology

From lunga (“lung”) + sot (“disease, sickness”). It should be noted that sot here is an archaic word for disease or sickness, inherited from Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz. It is thus not related to the meaning of soot, which instead comes from Old Norse sót, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.

Noun

lungsot c

1. (dated, historical) tuberculosis, consumption

Declension

Declension of lungsot

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lungsot	lungsots
	definite	lungsoten	lungsotens
plural	indefinite	lungsoter	lungsoters
	definite	lungsoterna	lungsoternas

Synonyms

• tuberkulos (modern)

Related terms

• farsot
• gulsot

References

• lungsot in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)