Where does “otsikoiminen” come from?
otsikoiminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish otsikoida, from Finnish otsikko, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).
Ancestry of “otsikoiminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | otsikoida | to title, entitle |
| 2 | Finnish | otsikko | heading, header, title, headline; signature |
| 3 | Finnish | -ikko | Forms nouns for groups of a particular number,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ikko | Forms nouns indicating a group of things |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -i- | Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive) |