Where does “selviytymisvaisto” come from?
selviytymisvaisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish Väistö, from Finnish aisti, from Finnish haisti, from Finnish haistaa, from Proto-Finnic haistadak — to smell.
selviytymisvaisto (Finnish): survival instinct
Definitions
- survival instinct
Ancestry of “selviytymisvaisto”, step by step
selviytymisvaisto 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 selviytyminen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | selviytyminen | survival; Fourth infinitive of selviytyä |
| 2 | Finnish | -minen | Forms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -minen | Forms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |