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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

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

Words derived from “toive”

  • toiveajattelu
  • toiveikas
  • toiveikkaasti
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