Where does “toistomerkki” come from?
toistomerkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish toisto, from Finnish toistaa, from Finnish toinen, from Proto-Finnic toinen, from Proto-Finnic too, from Proto-Uralic to — that.
toistomerkki (Finnish): ditto mark; A traffic sign installed for the...
Definitions
- ditto mark; A traffic sign installed for the...
Ancestry of “toistomerkki”, step by step
toistomerkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish toisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toisto | repetition; tautology; renewal, redoublement |
| 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 |