Where does “makunystyrä” come from?
makunystyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish nystyrä, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
makunystyrä (Finnish): taste papilla
Ancestry of “makunystyrä”, step by step
makunystyrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nystyrä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nystyrä | A small lump, nodule |
| 2 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 3 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
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- | — |