Where does “toisarvoinen” come from?

toisarvoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish arvoinen, from Finnish Arvo, from Finnish Arvi, from Old Norse Arnviðr, from Proto-Germanic Arôwiduz.

toisarvoinen (Finnish): secondary

Definitions

  1. secondary

Ancestry of “toisarvoinen”, step by step

toisarvoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish arvoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisharvoinenworth
2FinnishArvovalue, worth quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
3FinnishArvi
4Old NorseArnviðr
5Proto-GermanicArôwiduz

via Finnish toinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoinensecond; other, another; the others, other ones
2Proto-Finnictoinensecond; other
3Proto-Finnictoothat over there, yonder distal?
4Proto-Uralictothat
Every word from Proto-Germanic ArôwiduzEvery word from Old Norse ArnviðrEvery word from Finnish Arvi