Where does “tuntoaisti” come from?

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

tuntoaisti (Finnish): (the sense of) touch, somatosensation, tactile sensation

Definitions

  1. (the sense of) touch, somatosensation, tactile sensation

Ancestry of “tuntoaisti”, step by step

tuntoaisti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish tunto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuntotouch; feeling, sensation
2Finnishtunteato feel, sense; to know, be familiar with
3Proto-Finnictuntedakto know; to feel
4Proto-Uralictumte-to know
Every word from Proto-Finnic haistadak →Every word from Finnish haistaa →Every word from Finnish haisti →