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Where does “toivotus” come from?

toivotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish toivottaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

toivotus (Finnish): wish, wishing

Definitions

  1. wish, wishing

Ancestry of “toivotus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtoivottaaTo wish; To bid
2Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “toivotus”

  • onnentoivotus
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →