Where does “hajupolku” come from?
hajupolku (Finnish) comes from Finnish polku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.
hajupolku (Finnish): scent trail
Ancestry of “hajupolku”, step by step
hajupolku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish polku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | polku | path, trail, track; path; treading, stomping |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |
via Finnish haju
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | haju | smell, whiff; clue, slightest idea |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *haju | — |