Where does “toisenmoinen” come from?
toisenmoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish toinen, from Proto-Finnic toinen, from Proto-Finnic too, from Proto-Uralic to — that.
Ancestry of “toisenmoinen”, step by step
toisenmoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish toinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toinen | second; other, another; the others, other ones |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | toinen | second; other |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | too | that over there, yonder distal? |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | to | that |
via Finnish moinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | moinen | such; -like |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |