Where does “juurituoksu” come from?
juurituoksu (Finnish) comes 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...
juurituoksu (Finnish): base note the heavily volatile and thus most-lasting parts of a perfume, often of ligneous, resinous or animalic nature
Definitions
- base note the heavily volatile and thus most-lasting parts of a perfume, often of ligneous, resinous or animalic nature
Ancestry of “juurituoksu”, step by step
juurituoksu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tuoksu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuoksu | aroma, odour, smell, scent, whiff; fragrance,... |
| 2 | Finnish | tuoksua | To smell; Partitive singular form of tuoksu |
| 3 | Finnish | tuoda | to bring, get; to import |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | toodak | to bring |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | toxe- | to bring, give |
| 6 | Hungarian | -ik | Specifies "which" one of a specific set of... |