Where does “magneettiaisti” come from?

magneettiaisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish aisti, from Finnish haisti, from Finnish haistaa, from Proto-Finnic haistadak — to smell.

magneettiaisti (Finnish): magnetoception

Definitions

  1. magnetoception

Ancestry of “magneettiaisti”, step by step

magneettiaisti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aisti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaistisense; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Finnishhaistiolfaction; the sense of smell
3Finnishhaistaato sniff, smell; to scent, smell/nose out, get...
4Proto-Finnichaistadakto smell

via Finnish magneetti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmagneettimagnet
2Swedishmagneta magnet
3Latinmagnēs—
4Ancient Greekμαγνήτης λίθοςMagnesian stone
Every word from Proto-Finnic haistadak →Every word from Finnish haistaa →Every word from Finnish haisti →