Where does “tuonnepäin” come from?

tuonnepäin (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuonne, from Finnish tuo, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *töö, from Proto-Uralic te — you.

tuonnepäin (Finnish): (in) that direction, that way into a direction pointed at by the speaker

Definitions

  1. (in) that direction, that way into a direction pointed at by the speaker

Ancestry of “tuonnepäin”, step by step

tuonnepäin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuonne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuonnethere
2Finnishtuothat; Third-person singular indicative present...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*töö
4Proto-Uralicteyou

via Finnish päin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäinagainst, to, on etc; Used to indicate approximate...
2Finnishpäähead; end, tip
3Proto-Finnicpäähead
4Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Uralic teEvery word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tööEvery word from Finnish tuo