Where does “haisuhilleri” come from?

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

haisuhilleri (Finnish): zorille, striped polecat, African polecat, Cape polecat, African skunk

Definitions

  1. zorille, striped polecat, African polecat, Cape polecat, African skunk

Ancestry of “haisuhilleri”, step by step

haisuhilleri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish haisu

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

via Finnish hilleri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhilleripolecat
2Swedishillerpolecat, "Mustela putorius"; ferret, "Mustela...

Words derived from “haisuhilleri

Every word from Proto-Finnic -uEvery word from Finnish -uEvery word from Finnish haisu