Where does “toissapäivä” come from?
toissapäivä (Finnish) comes from Finnish toissa, from Finnish toinen, from Proto-Finnic toinen, from Proto-Finnic too, from Proto-Uralic to — that.
Ancestry of “toissapäivä”, step by step
toissapäivä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish toissa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toissa | before last |
| 2 | Finnish | toinen | second; other, another; the others, other ones |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | toinen | second; other |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | too | that over there, yonder distal? |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | to | that |
via Finnish päivä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päivä | day; the sun |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | päivä | sun; day |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | päjwä | ? warmth; ? sun; ? fire |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | päje | — |