Where does “toiskertainen” come from?
toiskertainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish toinen, from Proto-Finnic toinen, from Proto-Finnic too, from Proto-Uralic to — that.
toiskertainen (Finnish): repeat, recurring
Ancestry of “toiskertainen”, step by step
toiskertainen 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 kerta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |