Where does “iäisyystoivo” come from?
iäisyystoivo (Finnish) comes from Finnish Toivo, from Finnish toivo, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
iäisyystoivo (Finnish): hope of eternal life
Ancestry of “iäisyystoivo”, step by step
iäisyystoivo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Toivo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Toivo | hope |
| 2 | Finnish | toivo | hope |
| 3 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish iäisyys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | iäisyys | eternity the time that elapses after death |
| 2 | Finnish | -iäinen | Front vowel variant of -iainen |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |