Where does “vaihdepoljin” come from?

vaihdepoljin (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...

vaihdepoljin (Finnish): gear shifter, foot shifter a part on a motorcycle used to shift gears that is operated with one's foot

Definitions

  1. gear shifter, foot shifter a part on a motorcycle used to shift gears that is operated with one's foot

Ancestry of “vaihdepoljin”, step by step

vaihdepoljin 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 poljin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoljinpedal; treadle; First-person singular indicative...
2Finnishpolkeato stamp; to pedal; to treadle
3Proto-Finnicpolkedakto stamp (with one's foot or feet), to trample, stomp
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadak →Every word from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak →