Where does “vahdinvaihto” come from?

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

vahdinvaihto (Finnish): changing of the guard

Definitions

  1. changing of the guard

Ancestry of “vahdinvaihto”, step by step

vahdinvaihto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaihto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaihtoexchange; swap; shift key
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 vahti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvahtiguard; watch; Third-person singular indicative...
2Middle Low Germanwachtwatch
3Proto-Germanicwahtwōwatch, vigil
4Proto-Germanicwakanąto wake, be awake, arise
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵ-lively, awake; strong
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta-Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadakEvery word from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak