Where does “totuudenjälkeinen” come from?

totuudenjälkeinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish totuus, from Finnish tosi, from Proto-Finnic toci — truth.

totuudenjälkeinen (Finnish): post-truth

Definitions

  1. post-truth

Ancestry of “totuudenjälkeinen”, step by step

totuudenjälkeinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish totuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtotuustruth
2Finnishtositruth, reality, real thing; real-life; true
3Proto-Finnictocitruth

via Finnish jälkeinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjälkeinenfollowing, post-
2FinnishjälkeenIllative singular form of jälki; "genitive" +...
Every word from Proto-Finnic toci →Every word from Finnish tosi →Every word from Finnish totuus →