Where does “vaihelukittu” come from?

vaihelukittu (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaihe, from Proto-Finnic vajeh, from Proto-Uralic waješe-.

vaihelukittu (Finnish): phase-locked

Definitions

  1. phase-locked

Ancestry of “vaihelukittu”, step by step

vaihelukittu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaihe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaihephase, stage, point, period; phase; stage of a...
2Proto-Finnicvajehgap
3Proto-Uralicwaješe-—

via Finnish lukittu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlukittu—
Every word from Proto-Uralic waješe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vajeh →Every word from Finnish vaihe →