Where does “hais” come from?

hais (Estonian) comes from Finnish haisu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

hais (Estonian): scent

Definitions

  1. scent

Ancestry of “hais”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaisustink
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish haisu →