Where does “äidinvaisto” come from?

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

äidinvaisto (Finnish): maternal instinct

Definitions

  1. maternal instinct

Ancestry of “äidinvaisto”, step by step

äidinvaisto 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 äiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishäitimother; the letter "Ä" in the Finnish spelling...
2Finnishäitei—
3Proto-Germanicaiþį̄mother
Every word from Proto-Finnic haistadak →Every word from Finnish haistaa →Every word from Finnish haisti →