Where does “vahetusõpilane” come from?
vahetusõpilane (Estonian) comes from Estonian vahetus, from Estonian vahetama, from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
vahetusõpilane (Estonian): exchange student
Ancestry of “vahetusõpilane”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Estonian | vahetus | change, changing; interchange; replacement |
| 2 | Estonian | vahetama | to change; to switch |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vaihtadak | to change |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |