Where does “haisuli” come from?

haisuli (Finnish) comes from Finnish haista, from Proto-Finnic haistak — to smell, to stink give off a smell.

haisuli (Finnish): stinker smelly person

Definitions

  1. stinker smelly person

Ancestry of “haisuli”, step by step

haisuli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish haista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaistato smell, to have a smell/scent/odor; to stink
2Proto-Finnichaistakto smell, to stink give off a smell

via Finnish uli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuli—
Every word from Proto-Finnic haistak →Every word from Finnish haista →