Where does “suuntavaisto” come from?

suuntavaisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish Väistö, from Finnish aisti, from Finnish haisti, from Finnish haistaa, from Proto-Finnic haistadak — to smell.

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

Definitions

  1. sense of direction, sense of orientation

Ancestry of “suuntavaisto”, step by step

suuntavaisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Väistö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVäistö—
2Finnishaistisense; Third-person singular indicative past form...
3Finnishhaistiolfaction; the sense of smell
4Finnishhaistaato sniff, smell; to scent, smell/nose out, get...
5Proto-Finnichaistadakto smell

via Finnish suunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuuntadirection; hand; path
Every word from Proto-Finnic haistadak →Every word from Finnish haistaa →Every word from Finnish haisti →