Where does “hyvänmakuinen” come from?
hyvänmakuinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish maku, from Proto-Finnic maku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.
hyvänmakuinen (Finnish): tasty
Ancestry of “hyvänmakuinen”, step by step
hyvänmakuinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maku | taste, flavor; sense of taste; flavor of a quark... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | maku | taste, flavour |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | smakkuz | taste, savour, smatch, flavour |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | smegʰ- | — |
via Finnish hyvä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hyvä | good; desirable, advisable |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | *hüvä | — |
Words derived from “hyvänmakuinen”