Where does “hyväntuntuinen” come from?

hyväntuntuinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuntuinen, from Finnish tuntu, from Finnish tuntea, from Proto-Finnic tuntedak, from Proto-Uralic tumte- — to know.

hyväntuntuinen (Finnish): that feels good

Definitions

  1. that feels good

Ancestry of “hyväntuntuinen”, step by step

hyväntuntuinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuntuinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuntuinen-feeling
2Finnishtuntufeel, feeling, sensation; texture
3Finnishtunteato feel, sense; to know, be familiar with
4Proto-Finnictuntedakto know; to feel
5Proto-Uralictumte-to know

via Finnish hyvä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhyvägood; desirable, advisable
2Proto-Finnic*hüvä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic tumte- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuntedak →Every word from Finnish tuntea →