Where does “toissailtainen” come from?

toissailtainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilta, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

toissailtainen (Finnish): that happened the other evening or night not last evening or night, but one evening or night back

Definitions

  1. that happened the other evening or night not last evening or night, but one evening or night back

Ancestry of “toissailtainen”, step by step

toissailtainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ilta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiltaevening
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish toissa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoissabefore last
2Finnishtoinensecond; other, another; the others, other ones
3Proto-Finnictoinensecond; other
4Proto-Finnictoothat over there, yonder distal?
5Proto-Uralictothat
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →