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
- fragrant
Ancestry of “hyväntuoksuinen”, step by step
hyväntuoksuinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tuoksuinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuoksuinen | -smelling |
| 2 | Finnish | tuoksu | aroma, odour, smell, scent, whiff; fragrance,... |
| 3 | Finnish | tuoksua | To smell; Partitive singular form of tuoksu |
| 4 | Finnish | tuoda | to bring, get; to import |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | toodak | to bring |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | toxe- | to bring, give |
| 7 | Hungarian | -ik | Specifies "which" one of a specific set of... |