Where does “vaihtovaate” come from?

vaihtovaate (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...

vaihtovaate (Finnish): a piece of clothing one can change to; a piece of extra clothing

Definitions

  1. a piece of clothing one can change to; a piece of extra clothing

Ancestry of “vaihtovaate”, step by step

vaihtovaate 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 vaate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaatepiece of clothing, garment; clothing, clothes
2Proto-Finnic*vaat'ëkclothing, garment
3Proto-Germanicwēdizpiece of cloth, garment
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ew-to enjoy; to consume; to perceive, see, to be...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta-Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadakEvery word from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak
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