Where does “väistötila” come from?

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

väistötila (Finnish): temporary facilities, temporary premises while the usual facilities or premises cannot be used, such as during renovation

Definitions

  1. temporary facilities, temporary premises while the usual facilities or premises cannot be used, such as during renovation

Ancestry of “väistötila”, step by step

väistötila 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 tila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilastate; condition; Short for maatila
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Finnic haistadakEvery word from Finnish haistaaEvery word from Finnish haisti
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