Where does “vaihtotyö” come from?

vaihtotyö (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...

vaihtotyö (Finnish): shunting

Definitions

  1. shunting

Ancestry of “vaihtotyö”, step by step

vaihtotyö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaihto

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

via Finnish työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta-Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadakEvery word from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak