Where does “merentuoksu” come from?

merentuoksu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuoksu, from Finnish tuoksua, from Finnish tuoda, from Proto-Finnic toodak, from Proto-Uralic toxe-, from Hungarian -ik — Specifies "which" one of a specific set of...

merentuoksu (Finnish): scent of the sea

Definitions

  1. scent of the sea

Ancestry of “merentuoksu”, step by step

merentuoksu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuoksu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuoksuaroma, odour, smell, scent, whiff; fragrance,...
2FinnishtuoksuaTo smell; Partitive singular form of tuoksu
3Finnishtuodato bring, get; to import
4Proto-Finnictoodakto bring
5Proto-Uralictoxe-to bring, give
6Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...

via Finnish meri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerisea
2Proto-Finnicmerisea
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Hungarian -ikEvery word from Proto-Uralic toxe-Every word from Proto-Finnic toodak
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