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Where does “vaihtovirta” come from?

vaihtovirta (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...

vaihtovirta (Finnish): alternating current

Definitions

  1. alternating current

Ancestry of “vaihtovirta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaihtoexchange; swap; shift key
2Finnishvaihtaato change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap
3Proto-Finnicvaihtadakto change
4Proto-Finnic-tadak—
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

Words derived from “vaihtovirta”

  • kolmivaihevaihtovirta
  • vaihtovirtalaturi
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