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Where does “haisu” come from?

haisu (Finnish) comes from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u.

haisu (Finnish): stink

Definitions

  1. stink

Ancestry of “haisu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
2Proto-Finnic-u—

Words derived from “haisu”

  • haisunoki
  • haisuhapero
  • haisunäätä
  • haisusieni
  • haisumäyrä
  • haisukalkki
  • haisuliini
  • haisuherkkusieni
  • haisuseitikki
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →