Where does “vaistoammunta” come from?

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

vaistoammunta (Finnish): instinct shooting

Definitions

  1. instinct shooting

Ancestry of “vaistoammunta”, step by step

vaistoammunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Väistö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVäistö—
2Finnishaistisense; Third-person singular indicative past form...
3Finnishhaistiolfaction; the sense of smell
4Finnishhaistaato sniff, smell; to scent, smell/nose out, get...
5Proto-Finnichaistadakto smell

via Finnish ammunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishammuntashooting, gunnery; mooing
2FinnishampuaTo shoot
3Proto-Finnicampudakto shoot
4Proto-Finno-Permicampɜ-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic haistadak →Every word from Finnish haistaa →Every word from Finnish haisti →
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