Where does “selviytymisvietti” come from?
selviytymisvietti (Finnish) comes from Finnish vietti, from Finnish viettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
selviytymisvietti (Finnish): survival instinct
Definitions
- survival instinct
Ancestry of “selviytymisvietti”, step by step
selviytymisvietti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vietti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vietti | instinct; urge; drive |
| 2 | Finnish | viettää | "viettää aikaa": to spend time, pass the time;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
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 | — |