Where does “hajuaisti” come from?

hajuaisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish aisti, from Finnish haisti, from Finnish haistaa, from Proto-Finnic haistadak — to smell.

hajuaisti (Finnish): the sense of smell

Definitions

  1. the sense of smell

Ancestry of “hajuaisti”, step by step

hajuaisti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aisti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaistisense; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Finnishhaistiolfaction; the sense of smell
3Finnishhaistaato sniff, smell; to scent, smell/nose out, get...
4Proto-Finnichaistadakto smell

via Finnish haju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhajusmell, whiff; clue, slightest idea
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*haju—
Every word from Proto-Finnic haistadak →Every word from Finnish haistaa →Every word from Finnish haisti →