Where does “sijaistoiminto” come from?

sijaistoiminto (Finnish) comes from Finnish toiminto, from Finnish toimia, from Finnish Toimi, from Finnish toimi, from Proto-Finnic toimi, from Proto-Finnic toodak, from Proto-Uralic toxe-, from Hungarian -ik — Specifies "which" one of a specific set of...

sijaistoiminto (Finnish): nervous tic

Definitions

  1. nervous tic

Ancestry of “sijaistoiminto”, step by step

sijaistoiminto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toiminto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoimintofeature; function
2Finnishtoimiato work, function, run; to serve, act, work; to...
3FinnishToimichore, task, job, duty
4Finnishtoimichore, task, job, duty; activities, business,...
5Proto-Finnictoimiwork, task, chore
6Proto-Finnictoodakto bring
7Proto-Uralictoxe-to bring, give
8Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...

via Finnish sijainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsijainensubstitute; short for sijaisopettaja
2Finnishsijaplace, position, room, stead, instead; ranking;...
3Proto-Finnicsijaplace, position
4Proto-Germanicstiją
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteyh₂-to stiffen
6Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand
Every word from Hungarian -ikEvery word from Proto-Uralic toxe-Every word from Proto-Finnic toodak