Where does “toivottelu” come from?
toivottelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish toivotella, from Finnish toivottaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
toivottelu (Finnish): wishing, bidding welcome, goodbye, etc
Definitions
- wishing, bidding welcome, goodbye, etc
Ancestry of “toivottelu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toivotella | to wish, to bid especially welcome or goodbye |
| 2 | Finnish | toivottaa | To wish; To bid |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |