Where does “vaihtoehtohoito” come from?
vaihtoehtohoito (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaihtoehto, from Finnish vaihto, from Finnish vaihtaa, from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
vaihtoehtohoito (Finnish): alternative treatment, alternative therapy
Definitions
- alternative treatment, alternative therapy
Ancestry of “vaihtoehtohoito”, step by step
vaihtoehtohoito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vaihtoehto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaihtoehto | alternative, option |
| 2 | Finnish | vaihto | exchange; swap; shift key |
| 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 hoito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hoito | care; nurture; treatment, cure, therapy, remedy |
| 2 | Finnish | hoitaa | to nurse, care; to cure; to deal with, fix |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | śćaHyáH | shade, shadow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃ih₂ | shadow, shade |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃- | darkness, shadow |