Where does “kuunvaihde” come from?

kuunvaihde (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...

kuunvaihde (Finnish): turn of the month a place where month changes

Definitions

  1. turn of the month a place where month changes

Ancestry of “kuunvaihde”, step by step

kuunvaihde 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 Kuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKuuThe Moon the satellite of the Earth
2Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
3Proto-Finnickuucisix
4Proto-Uralickutteridge; six
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadak →Every word from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak →