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

toisinpäin 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 päin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäinagainst, to, on etc; Used to indicate approximate...
2Finnishpäähead; end, tip
3Proto-Finnicpäähead
4Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Uralic to →Every word from Proto-Finnic too →Every word from Proto-Finnic toinen →