Where does “totuus” come from?

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

totuus (Finnish): truth

Definitions

  1. truth

Ancestry of “totuus”, step by step

totuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tosi

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

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi

Words derived from “totuus

Every word from Proto-Finnic tociEvery word from Finnish tosi