Where does “tuulenhaistelija” come from?
tuulenhaistelija (Finnish) comes from Finnish haistelija, from Finnish haistella, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
tuulenhaistelija (Finnish): a populist; an opportunistic politician
Definitions
- a populist; an opportunistic politician
Ancestry of “tuulenhaistelija”, step by step
tuulenhaistelija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish haistelija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | haistelija | sniffer one who or that which sniffs, or tries to determine the smell or something by the smell |
| 2 | Finnish | haistella | to smell, sniff something; to sniff, huff, inhale... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |