Etymology Explorer › FinnishWhere does “vaihteenvalitsin” come from? vaihteenvalitsin (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...
vaihteenvalitsin (Finnish): gear selector, gear change
Definitions gear selector, gear change Ancestry of “vaihteenvalitsin”, step by step vaihteenvalitsin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vaihde Step Language Word Meaning 1 Finnish vaihde gear; switch; turn 2 Finnish vaihtaa to change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap 3 Proto-Finnic vaihtadak to change 4 Proto-Finnic -tadak Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems 5 Proto-Uralic -ta- Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
via Finnish valitsin Step Language Word Meaning 1 Finnish valitsin dial, selector; switch; selector 2 Finnish valita to choose, select, elect; Indicative present... 3 Proto-Finnic valit'ak to choose, to pick, to select 4 Proto-Germanic waljaną to choose, to pick, to select 5 Proto-Indo-European welh₁- to choose; to want