Where does “toisteisuus” come from?
toisteisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish toisteinen, from Finnish toistaa, from Finnish toinen, from Proto-Finnic toinen, from Proto-Finnic too, from Proto-Uralic to — that.
toisteisuus (Finnish): redundancy
Definitions
- redundancy
Ancestry of “toisteisuus”, step by step
toisteisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish toisteinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toisteinen | redundant |
| 2 | Finnish | toistaa | to repeat, reiterate; to play |
| 3 | Finnish | toinen | second; other, another; the others, other ones |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | toinen | second; other |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | too | that over there, yonder distal? |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | to | that |
via Finnish uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |