Where does “itsesäilytysvietti” come from?
itsesäilytysvietti (Finnish) comes from Finnish vietti, from Finnish viettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
itsesäilytysvietti (Finnish): survival instinct
Definitions
- survival instinct
Ancestry of “itsesäilytysvietti”, step by step
itsesäilytysvietti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vietti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vietti | instinct; urge; drive |
| 2 | Finnish | viettää | "viettää aikaa": to spend time, pass the time;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
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 |