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

Definitions

  1. exchange student

Ancestry of “vahetusõpilane”, step by step

vahetusõpilane traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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...

via Estonian õpilane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianõpilanepupil, student
2Estonian-laneDerives nouns from places for a person...
3Proto-Finnic-lainenForms adjectives relating to a place
4Proto-Finnic-lalocative suffix
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadak →Every word from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak →