Where does “voitontoive” come from?

voitontoive (Finnish) comes from Finnish voitto, from Finnish voittaa, from Proto-Finnic voittadak, from Proto-Finnic voidak, from Proto-Uralic woje- — can, to be able.

voitontoive (Finnish): hope to win

Definitions

  1. hope to win

Ancestry of “voitontoive”, step by step

voitontoive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish voitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoittovictory, win; profit
2Finnishvoittaato win
3Proto-Finnicvoittadakto win
4Proto-Finnicvoidakcan, to be able
5Proto-Uralicwoje-can, to be able

via Finnish toive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoivewish
2Finnishtoivoato hope for, wish; Partitive singular form of...
3Proto-Finnictoivodakto hope; to wish
Every word from Proto-Uralic woje- →Every word from Proto-Finnic voidak →Every word from Proto-Finnic voittadak →
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