Where does “kolmosvaihde” come from?

kolmosvaihde (Finnish) comes 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...

kolmosvaihde (Finnish): third gear

Definitions

  1. third gear

Ancestry of “kolmosvaihde”, step by step

kolmosvaihde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaihde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaihdegear; switch; turn
2Finnishvaihtaato change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap
3Proto-Finnicvaihtadakto change
4Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Finnish kolmonen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmonenthree; third gear; trey
2Finnishkolmethree
3Finnishkolmitri-
4Proto-Uralic*kolme—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadak →Every word from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak →
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