Where does “hienhajuinen” come from?

hienhajuinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiki, from Proto-Finnic hiki — sweat, perspiration.

hienhajuinen (Finnish): smelling like sweat

Definitions

  1. smelling like sweat

Ancestry of “hienhajuinen”, step by step

hienhajuinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhikisweat, perspiration
2Proto-Finnichikisweat, perspiration

via Finnish haju

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