Where does “makuaisti” come from?
makuaisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish aisti, from Finnish haisti, from Finnish haistaa, from Proto-Finnic haistadak — to smell.
makuaisti (Finnish): taste
Ancestry of “makuaisti”, step by step
makuaisti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish maku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maku | taste, flavor; sense of taste; flavor of a quark... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | maku | taste, flavour |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | smakkuz | taste, savour, smatch, flavour |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | smegʰ- | — |