Where does “toivomuslista” come from?
toivomuslista (Finnish) comes from Finnish toivomus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
toivomuslista (Finnish): wish list
Ancestry of “toivomuslista”, step by step
toivomuslista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish toivomus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toivomus | wish |
| 2 | Finnish | -mus | Forms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish lista
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lista | list; Short for ruokalista; Short for pörssilista... |
| 2 | Swedish | lista | a list; a register or roll of paper consisting of... |