Where does “itsesäilytysvaisto” come from?
itsesäilytysvaisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish Väistö, from Finnish aisti, from Finnish haisti, from Finnish haistaa, from Proto-Finnic haistadak — to smell.
itsesäilytysvaisto (Finnish): survival instinct
Definitions
- survival instinct
Ancestry of “itsesäilytysvaisto”, step by step
itsesäilytysvaisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Väistö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Väistö | — |
| 2 | Finnish | aisti | sense; Third-person singular indicative past form... |
| 3 | Finnish | haisti | olfaction; the sense of smell |
| 4 | Finnish | haistaa | to sniff, smell; to scent, smell/nose out, get... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | haistadak | to smell |
via Finnish itsesäilytys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | itsesäilytys | self-preservation |
| 2 | Finnish | itse | oneself; used to emphasize the person of the head... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | icek | self |
| 4 | Hebrew | יצחק | to laugh |