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Where does “oudonmakuinen” come from?

oudonmakuinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish makuinen, from Finnish maku, from Proto-Finnic maku, from Proto-Germanic smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European smegʰ-.

oudonmakuinen (Finnish): strange tasting

Definitions

  1. strange tasting

Ancestry of “oudonmakuinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmakuinen-tasting
2Finnishmakutaste, flavor; sense of taste; flavor of a quark...
3Proto-Finnicmakutaste, flavour
4Proto-Germanicsmakkuztaste, savour, smatch, flavour
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmegʰ-—
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