Where does “seitsentoistavuotias” come from?

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

seitsentoistavuotias (Finnish): seventeen-year-old

Definitions

  1. seventeen-year-old

Ancestry of “seitsentoistavuotias”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseitsentoista—
2FinnishtoistaPartitive singular form of toinen; Indicative...
3Finnishtoinensecond; other, another; the others, other ones
4Proto-Finnictoinensecond; other
5Proto-Finnictoothat over there, yonder distal?
6Proto-Uralictothat
Every word from Proto-Uralic to →Every word from Proto-Finnic too →Every word from Proto-Finnic toinen →