Where does “-toista” come from?

-toista (Finnish) comes from Finnish toista, from Finnish toinen, from Proto-Finnic toinen, from Proto-Finnic too, from Proto-Uralic to — that.

-toista (Finnish): teen suffix which in Finnish forms the numbers 11 to 19

Definitions

  1. teen suffix which in Finnish forms the numbers 11 to 19

Ancestry of “-toista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtoistaPartitive singular form of toinen; Indicative...
2Finnishtoinensecond; other, another; the others, other ones
3Proto-Finnictoinensecond; other
4Proto-Finnictoothat over there, yonder distal?
5Proto-Uralictothat

Words derived from “-toista

Every word from Proto-Uralic toEvery word from Proto-Finnic tooEvery word from Proto-Finnic toinen
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