Where does “toisennäköinen” come from?
toisennäköinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish näköinen, from Finnish näkö, from Proto-Finnic näko, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
toisennäköinen (Finnish): looking different
Ancestry of “toisennäköinen”, step by step
toisennäköinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish näköinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näköinen | looking like; -looking, -like; -sighted, -eyed |
| 2 | Finnish | näkö | sight, vision, eyesight; look, looks; face |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | näko | sight, vision; look, appearance; face |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
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 |