Where does “toisintonimi” come from?

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

toisintonimi (Finnish): an alternative name for someone or something that is used on the next line with parallelism or repetition particularly common in Finnic poetry, such as that in the Kalevala

Definitions

  1. an alternative name for someone or something that is used on the next line with parallelism or repetition particularly common in Finnic poetry, such as that in the Kalevala

Ancestry of “toisintonimi”, step by step

toisintonimi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toisinto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoisintorepeat, repetition
2Finnishtoisintaato reproduce, replicate to produce a copy
3Finnishtoinensecond; other, another; the others, other ones
4Proto-Finnictoinensecond; other
5Proto-Finnictoothat over there, yonder distal?
6Proto-Uralictothat

via Finnish nimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniminame
2Finnish-iäiset—
Every word from Proto-Uralic to →Every word from Proto-Finnic too →Every word from Proto-Finnic toinen →