Where does “kirjeenvaihtotoveri” come from?
kirjeenvaihtotoveri (Finnish) comes from Finnish toveri, from Russian това́рищ, from Old East Slavic товарищь, from Proto-Slavic tovarišь, from Proto-Slavic tovarъ, from Proto-Turkic *tabar — livestock, cattle.
kirjeenvaihtotoveri (Finnish): pen pal
Definitions
- pen pal
Ancestry of “kirjeenvaihtotoveri”, step by step
kirjeenvaihtotoveri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish toveri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toveri | comrade; companion, buddy |
| 2 | Russian | това́рищ | comrade |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | товарищь | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | tovarišь | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | tovarъ | loading |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *tabar | livestock, cattle |
via Finnish kirjeenvaihto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjeenvaihto | correspondence |
| 2 | Finnish | vaihto | exchange; swap; shift key |
| 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... |