Where does “vaistotoiminta” come from?

vaistotoiminta (Finnish) comes from Finnish toiminta, from Finnish toimia, from Finnish Toimi, from Finnish toimi, from Proto-Finnic toimi, from Proto-Finnic toodak, from Proto-Uralic toxe-, from Hungarian -ik — Specifies "which" one of a specific set of...

vaistotoiminta (Finnish): instinctive behavior

Definitions

  1. instinctive behavior

Ancestry of “vaistotoiminta”, step by step

vaistotoiminta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toiminta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoimintaaction, activity
2Finnishtoimiato work, function, run; to serve, act, work; to...
3FinnishToimichore, task, job, duty
4Finnishtoimichore, task, job, duty; activities, business,...
5Proto-Finnictoimiwork, task, chore
6Proto-Finnictoodakto bring
7Proto-Uralictoxe-to bring, give
8Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...

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
Every word from Hungarian -ikEvery word from Proto-Uralic toxe-Every word from Proto-Finnic toodak