Where does “muotoaisti” come from?

muotoaisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish muoto, from Proto-Finnic mooto, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

Ancestry of “muotoaisti”, step by step

muotoaisti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muoto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuotoshape; form; format
2Proto-Finnicmootoshape, form; appearance; manner, way
3Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Finnic mooto →