Where does “sukupolvenvuorottelu” come from?
sukupolvenvuorottelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuorottelu, from Finnish vuorotella, from Finnish -tellä, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
sukupolvenvuorottelu (Finnish): metagenesis, alternation of generations
Definitions
- metagenesis, alternation of generations
Ancestry of “sukupolvenvuorottelu”, step by step
sukupolvenvuorottelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vuorottelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vuorottelu | alternation, rotation |
| 2 | Finnish | vuorotella | To alternate, rotate, take turns |
| 3 | Finnish | -tellä | Front vowel variant of -tella |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |