Where does “kuuloaisti” come from?
kuuloaisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuulo, from Finnish kuulla, from Proto-Finnic kuuldak, from Proto-Uralic *kuwle- — to hear.
kuuloaisti (Finnish): The sense of hearing
Ancestry of “kuuloaisti”, step by step
kuuloaisti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kuulo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuulo | The sense of hearing |
| 2 | Finnish | kuulla | to hear; to hear of; to listen to |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kuuldak | to hear |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | *kuwle- | to hear |
via Finnish aisti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aisti | sense; Third-person singular indicative past form... |
| 2 | Finnish | haisti | olfaction; the sense of smell |
| 3 | Finnish | haistaa | to sniff, smell; to scent, smell/nose out, get... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | haistadak | to smell |