Where does “vahetus” come from?

vahetus (Estonian) comes from Estonian vahetama, from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

vahetus (Estonian): change, changing; interchange; replacement

Definitions

  1. change, changing; interchange; replacement

Ancestry of “vahetus”, step by step

vahetus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian vahetama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianvahetamato change; to switch
2Proto-Finnicvaihtadakto change
3Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
4Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Estonian vahetu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianvahetudirect, immediate; sincere, honest
2Estonian-tu-less
3Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
4Proto-Uralic-ktama—

Words derived from “vahetus”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadak →Every word from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak →