Where does “haistelija” come from?

haistelija (Finnish) comes from Finnish haistella, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

haistelija (Finnish): sniffer one who or that which sniffs, or tries to determine the smell or something by the smell

Definitions

  1. sniffer one who or that which sniffs, or tries to determine the smell or something by the smell

Ancestry of “haistelija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaistellato smell, sniff something; to sniff, huff, inhale...
2Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
3Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
4Proto-Uralic-le-—

Words derived from “haistelija”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -ella →Every word from Finnish haistella →