Where does “jalkavaihteisto” come from?
jalkavaihteisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaihteisto, from Finnish vaihde, from Finnish vaihtaa, from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
jalkavaihteisto (Finnish): foot-operated gearshift, foot-operated gearbox
Definitions
- foot-operated gearshift, foot-operated gearbox
Ancestry of “jalkavaihteisto”, step by step
jalkavaihteisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vaihteisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaihteisto | transmission, gearbox |
| 2 | Finnish | vaihde | gear; switch; turn |
| 3 | Finnish | vaihtaa | to change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | vaihtadak | to change |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |