Where does “laumaihminen” come from?

laumaihminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ihminen, from Finnish inhiminen, from Proto-Finnic inhiminen — human, human being.

laumaihminen (Finnish): person inclined to group thinking or herd mentality; lemming

Definitions

  1. person inclined to group thinking or herd mentality; lemming

Ancestry of “laumaihminen”, step by step

laumaihminen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ihminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihminenhuman, human being; person
2Finnishinhiminen—
3Proto-Finnicinhiminenhuman, human being

via Finnish lauma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaumaherd; crowd, mob, flock; pod
2Finnish-ttainForms distributive adverbs; Forms adverbs...
3Finnish-ttaen—
Every word from Proto-Finnic inhiminen →