Where does “laumavaisto” come from?

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

laumavaisto (Finnish): herd instinct

Definitions

herd instinct

Ancestry of “laumavaisto”, step by step

laumavaisto 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 lauma

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	lauma	herd; crowd, mob, flock; pod
2	Finnish	-ttain	Forms distributive adverbs; Forms adverbs...
3	Finnish	-ttaen	—

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