Etymology Explorer › Finnish

Where does “toisinpäin” come from?

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

toisinpäin (Finnish): the other way around, vice versa

Definitions

  1. the other way around, vice versa

Ancestry of “toisinpäin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoinensecond; other, another; the others, other ones
2Proto-Finnictoinensecond; other
3Proto-Finnictoothat , yonder
4Proto-Uralictothat
Every word from Proto-Uralic to →