Where does “suuntataju” come from?

suuntataju (Finnish) comes from Finnish taju, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

suuntataju (Finnish): sense of direction, sense of orientation

Definitions

  1. sense of direction, sense of orientation

Ancestry of “suuntataju”, step by step

suuntataju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtajuconsciousness; sense
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish suunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuuntadirection; hand; path
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish taju →