Where does “ei-toivottu” come from?

ei-toivottu (Finnish) comes from Finnish ei, from Proto-Finnic e-, from Proto-Uralic e- — this; not; the negative verb.

ei-toivottu (Finnish): unwanted, undesirable, unsolicited

Definitions

  1. unwanted, undesirable, unsolicited

Ancestry of “ei-toivottu”, step by step

ei-toivottu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheino; The third-person singular form of the...
2Proto-Finnice-The negative verb
3Proto-Uralice-this; not; the negative verb

via Finnish toivottu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoivottudesired
Every word from Proto-Uralic e-
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