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Where does “epätoivo” come from?

epätoivo (Finnish) comes from Finnish Toivo, from Finnish toivo, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

epätoivo (Finnish): despair, desperation

Definitions

  1. despair, desperation

Ancestry of “epätoivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishToivo—
2Finnishtoivohope
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-o—
5Proto-Uralic-w—

Words derived from “epätoivo”

  • epätoivoinen
  • epätoivoisesti
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →