Where does “itsesuojeluvaisto” come from?

itsesuojeluvaisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish itsesuojelu, from Finnish suojelu, from Finnish suojella, from Finnish suojata, from Finnish suoja, from Proto-Finnic sooja, from Russian со́я, from Dutch soja — bean paste.

itsesuojeluvaisto (Finnish): survival instinct

Definitions

  1. survival instinct

Ancestry of “itsesuojeluvaisto”, step by step

itsesuojeluvaisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish itsesuojelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitsesuojeluself-preservation
2Finnishsuojeluprotection; conservation
3FinnishsuojellaTo protect, shelter
4Finnishsuojatato protect, shield
5Finnishsuojashelter; protective covering; refuge
6Proto-Finnicsoojashelter; protection; warm
7Russianсо́яjay {{i|dialectal}}
8Dutchsojasoy
9Japaneseそい醤油 soy sauce
10Japanese醤油soy sauce
11Middle Chinese醬油—
12Middle Chinese醬bean paste

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
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