Where does “vaihtoehtoinen” come from?

vaihtoehtoinen (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...

vaihtoehtoinen (Finnish): alternative

Definitions

  1. alternative

Ancestry of “vaihtoehtoinen”, step by step

vaihtoehtoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaihtoehto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaihtoehtoalternative, option
2Finnishvaihtoexchange; swap; shift key
3Finnishvaihtaato change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap
4Proto-Finnicvaihtadakto change
5Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
6Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—

Words derived from “vaihtoehtoinen”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadak →Every word from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak →