Where does “toisiolähetti” come from?

toisiolähetti (Finnish) comes from Finnish toisio, from Finnish toisio-, from Finnish -io, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

toisiolähetti (Finnish): second messenger

Definitions

  1. second messenger

Ancestry of “toisiolähetti”, step by step

toisiolähetti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toisio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoisiosecondary
2Finnishtoisio-secondary
3Finnish-ioForms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms...
4Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
6Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish lähetti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlähettimessenger, courier; orderly; errand boy
2Finnishlähettääto send; to dispatch; to ship
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →