Where does “toisiapäin” come from?
toisiapäin (Finnish) comes from Finnish toinen, from Proto-Finnic toinen, from Proto-Finnic too, from Proto-Uralic to — that.
Ancestry of “toisiapäin”, step by step
toisiapäin 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 päin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päin | against, to, on etc; Used to indicate approximate... |
| 2 | Finnish | pää | head; end, tip |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pää | head |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | päŋe | head |