Where does “vaihesiirtymä” come from?
vaihesiirtymä (Finnish) comes from Finnish siirtymä, from Finnish siirtyä, from Finnish siirtää, from Proto-Finnic siirtädäk — to move, to transfer.
Ancestry of “vaihesiirtymä”, step by step
vaihesiirtymä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish siirtymä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | siirtymä | transition; displacement |
| 2 | Finnish | siirtyä | to move |
| 3 | Finnish | siirtää | to move, transfer; to transfer; to reschedule,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | siirtädäk | to move, to transfer |
via Finnish vaihe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaihe | phase, stage, point, period; phase; stage of a... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | vajeh | gap |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | waješe- | — |