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Where does “hyväntuoksuinen” come from?

hyväntuoksuinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuoksuinen, from Finnish tuoksu, from Finnish tuoksua, from Finnish tuoda, from Proto-Finnic toodak, from Proto-Uralic toxe-, from Hungarian -ik — Specifies "which" one of a specific set of...

hyväntuoksuinen (Finnish): fragrant

Definitions

  1. fragrant

Ancestry of “hyväntuoksuinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuoksuinen-smelling
2Finnishtuoksuaroma, odour, smell, scent, whiff; fragrance,...
3FinnishtuoksuaTo smell; Partitive singular form of tuoksu
4Finnishtuodato bring, get; to import
5Proto-Finnictoodakto bring
6Proto-Uralictoxe-—
7Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...
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