Where does “toive” come from?

toive (Finnish) comes from Finnish toivoa, from Proto-Finnic toivodak — to hope; to wish.

toive (Finnish): wish

Definitions

  1. wish

Ancestry of “toive”, step by step

toive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toivoa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoivoato hope for, wish; Partitive singular form of...
2Proto-Finnictoivodakto hope; to wish

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “toive”

Every word from Proto-Finnic toivodak →Every word from Finnish toivoa →
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