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
Ancestry of “kolmosvaihde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vaihde | gear; switch; turn |
| 2 | Finnish | vaihtaa | to change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vaihtadak | to change |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |