Where does “tosikkomainen” come from?

tosikkomainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tosikko, from Finnish -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -ikko, from Proto-Finnic -i- — Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive).

tosikkomainen (Finnish): humourless, overly serious

Definitions

  1. humourless, overly serious

Ancestry of “tosikkomainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtosikkoA humourless person
2Finnish-ikkoForms nouns for groups of a particular number,...
3Proto-Finnic-ikkoForms nouns indicating a group of things
4Proto-Finnic-i-Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive)

Words derived from “tosikkomainen”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -i- →Every word from Finnish -ikko →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ikko →