Where does “toinen” come from?

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

toinen (Finnish): second; other, another; the others, other ones

Definitions

  1. second; other, another; the others, other ones

Ancestry of “toinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnictoinensecond; other
2Proto-Finnictoothat over there, yonder distal?
3Proto-Uralictothat

Words derived from “toinen

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