Where does “totovihje” come from?

totovihje (Finnish) comes from Finnish vihje, from Finnish vihjata, from Finnish -ätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

Ancestry of “totovihje”, step by step

totovihje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vihje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvihjehint
2Finnishvihjatato suggest, to imply, to insinuate; to hint to or...
3Finnish-ätäFront vowel variant of -ata
4Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
5Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
6Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish toto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtotototalizator, tote
2Finnishtotalisaattoritotalizator
Every word from Proto-Uralic -täEvery word from Finnish -ätäEvery word from Finnish -tä