Where does “ainevahetus” come from?

ainevahetus (Estonian) comes from Estonian aine, from Finnish aine, from Proto-Germanic abniją, from Proto-Germanic *abnijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ōp- — to achieve.

ainevahetus (Estonian): metabolism

Definitions

  1. metabolism

Ancestry of “ainevahetus”, step by step

ainevahetus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian aine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianainesubstance, material; matter; school subject,...
2Finnishainematter, material, substance; subject, discipline;...
3Proto-GermanicabnijąThat which is made; material; stuff
4Proto-Germanic*abnijaną—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanōp-to achieve

via Estonian vahetus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianvahetuschange, changing; interchange; replacement
2Estonianvahetamato change; to switch
3Proto-Finnicvaihtadakto change
4Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ōp- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *abnijaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic abniją →