Where does “muodonvaihdos” come from?

muodonvaihdos (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaihdos, from Finnish vaihtaa, from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

muodonvaihdos (Finnish): metamorphosis

Definitions

  1. metamorphosis

Ancestry of “muodonvaihdos”, step by step

muodonvaihdos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaihdos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaihdoschange, transition, transposition
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 muoto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuotoshape; form; format
2Proto-Finnicmootoshape, form; appearance; manner, way
3Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadak →Every word from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak →