Where does “toisasteinen” come from?

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

toisasteinen (Finnish): secondary, of a secondary degree

Definitions

  1. secondary, of a secondary degree

Ancestry of “toisasteinen”, step by step

toisasteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoinensecond; other, another; the others, other ones
2Proto-Finnictoinensecond; other
3Proto-Finnictoothat over there, yonder distal?
4Proto-Uralictothat

via Finnish aste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishastegrade; degree; degree, degree Celsius
2Finnishastuato step (on), tread (on), pace, stride
3Proto-Finnicastudakto step, to take steps
Every word from Proto-Uralic to →Every word from Proto-Finnic too →Every word from Proto-Finnic toinen →