Where does “haisumäyrä” come from?

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

haisumäyrä (Finnish): stink badger; Sunda stink badger, teledu, Mydaus...

Definitions

  1. stink badger; Sunda stink badger, teledu, Mydaus...

Ancestry of “haisumäyrä”, step by step

haisumäyrä 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 mäyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmäyräThe Eurasian badger or European badger; Any of...
2Proto-Finnicmäkräbadger
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish haisu →