Where does “selviytymisharha” come from?

selviytymisharha (Finnish) comes from Finnish selviytyminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

selviytymisharha (Finnish): survivorship bias

Definitions

  1. survivorship bias

Ancestry of “selviytymisharha”, step by step

selviytymisharha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selviytyminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselviytyminensurvival; Fourth infinitive of selviytyä
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish harha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharhaillusion, delusion, hallucination, chimera,...
2FinnishharhaanIllative singular form of harha; astray, amiss
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma