Where does “aistivaikutelma” come from?
aistivaikutelma (Finnish) comes from Finnish aisti, from Finnish haisti, from Finnish haistaa, from Proto-Finnic haistadak — to smell.
aistivaikutelma (Finnish): sensory perception
Definitions
- sensory perception
Ancestry of “aistivaikutelma”, step by step
aistivaikutelma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish aisti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aisti | sense; Third-person singular indicative past form... |
| 2 | Finnish | haisti | olfaction; the sense of smell |
| 3 | Finnish | haistaa | to sniff, smell; to scent, smell/nose out, get... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | haistadak | to smell |
via Finnish vaikutelma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaikutelma | impression |
| 2 | Finnish | -lmä | Front vowel variant of -lma |
| 3 | Finnish | -ellä | Front vowel variant of -ella |