Where does “haisunäätä” come from?

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

haisunäätä (Finnish): skunk; stinker

Definitions

  1. skunk; stinker

Ancestry of “haisunäätä”, step by step

haisunäätä 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 näätä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäätäpine marten; marten
2Proto-Slavicgnědъbrown
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish haisu →