Where does “toimimaton” come from?

toimimaton (Finnish) comes 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...

toimimaton (Finnish): dysfunctional

Definitions

  1. dysfunctional

Ancestry of “toimimaton”, step by step

toimimaton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toimia

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

via Finnish maton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmatonGenitive singular form of matto

Words derived from “toimimaton

Every word from Hungarian -ikEvery word from Proto-Uralic toxe-Every word from Proto-Finnic toodak
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