Where does “kukkaistuoksu” come from?
kukkaistuoksu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kukkainen, from Finnish kukka, from Latin Flōra, from Proto-Italic *Flōzā, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
kukkaistuoksu (Finnish): floral fragrance, floral scent
Definitions
- floral fragrance, floral scent
Ancestry of “kukkaistuoksu”, step by step
kukkaistuoksu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kukkainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kukkainen | flowery |
| 2 | Finnish | kukka | flower; cannabis; weed |
| 3 | Latin | Flōra | Flora, the goddess of flowers |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *Flōzā | an Italic flower goddess, Flora |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃-s | flower, blossom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
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... |