Where does “vaihtomies” come from?
vaihtomies (Finnish) comes 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...
vaihtomies (Finnish): (male) substitute player
Definitions
- (male) substitute player
Ancestry of “vaihtomies”, step by step
vaihtomies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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... |