Where does “vainuta” come from?

vainuta (Finnish) comes from Finnish tä, from Finnish mitä — Partitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...

vainuta (Finnish): To scent; To have a hunch

Definitions

  1. To scent; To have a hunch

Ancestry of “vainuta”, step by step

vainuta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishwhat
2FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...

via Finnish vainu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvainuscent; scent, sense of smell of an animal,...
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