Where does “-aistinen” come from?

-aistinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish aisti, from Finnish haisti, from Finnish haistaa, from Proto-Finnic haistadak — to smell.

-aistinen (Finnish): As headword of compound terms only, having senses...

Definitions

  1. As headword of compound terms only, having senses...

Ancestry of “-aistinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaistisense; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Finnishhaistiolfaction; the sense of smell
3Finnishhaistaato sniff, smell; to scent, smell/nose out, get...
4Proto-Finnichaistadakto smell
Every word from Proto-Finnic haistadak →Every word from Finnish haistaa →Every word from Finnish haisti →