Where does “vaihtoväline” come from?

vaihtoväline (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...

vaihtoväline (Finnish): medium of exchange

Definitions

  1. medium of exchange

Ancestry of “vaihtoväline”, step by step

vaihtoväline 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 väline

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvälinetool, means, implement
2Finnishväli-mid-, middle-, intermediate, inter-
3Finnishväligap, space; interval; distance
4Proto-Finnicvälji
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta-Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadakEvery word from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak