Where does “toistopää” come from?

toistopää (Finnish) comes from Finnish toisto, from Finnish toistaa, from Finnish toinen, from Proto-Finnic toinen, from Proto-Finnic too, from Proto-Uralic to — that.

toistopää (Finnish): playback head

Definitions

  1. playback head

Ancestry of “toistopää”, step by step

toistopää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoistorepetition; tautology; renewal, redoublement
2Finnishtoistaato repeat, reiterate; to play
3Finnishtoinensecond; other, another; the others, other ones
4Proto-Finnictoinensecond; other
5Proto-Finnictoothat over there, yonder distal?
6Proto-Uralictothat

via Finnish pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäähead; end, tip
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Uralic toEvery word from Proto-Finnic tooEvery word from Proto-Finnic toinen