Where does “vaihduntakuvio” come from?
vaihduntakuvio (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaihdunta, from Finnish vaihtua, from Finnish vaihtaa, from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
vaihduntakuvio (Finnish): ambiguous image, reversible figure
Definitions
- ambiguous image, reversible figure
Ancestry of “vaihduntakuvio”, step by step
vaihduntakuvio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vaihdunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaihdunta | The action of the verb vaihtua |
| 2 | Finnish | vaihtua | to become replaced, swapped, exchanged or... |
| 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... |
via Finnish kuvio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuvio | figure; pattern; shape |
| 2 | Finnish | kuva | picture; image; photograph, photo |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skuwwô | reflection, mirror image; shadow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nés | shadow, reflection |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |