Where does “vaihtolyöjä” come from?
vaihtolyöjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lyöjä, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
vaihtolyöjä (Finnish): a hitter that hits a vaihtolyönti
Definitions
- a hitter that hits a vaihtolyönti
Ancestry of “vaihtolyöjä”, step by step
vaihtolyöjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lyöjä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lyöjä | hitter, striker, knocker, beater; one who hits;... |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Finnish vaihto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaihto | exchange; swap; shift key |
| 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... |