Where does “vaihdevuosi-ikä” come from?
vaihdevuosi-ikä (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaihdevuodet, 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...
vaihdevuosi-ikä (Finnish): menopausal age
Definitions
- menopausal age
Ancestry of “vaihdevuosi-ikä”, step by step
vaihdevuosi-ikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vaihdevuodet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaihdevuodet | menopause |
| 2 | Finnish | vaihde | gear; switch; turn |
| 3 | Finnish | vaihtaa | to change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | vaihtadak | to change |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |