Where does “vastausvaihtoehto” come from?

vastausvaihtoehto (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaihtoehto, 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...

vastausvaihtoehto (Finnish): answer choice

Definitions

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Ancestry of “vastausvaihtoehto”, step by step

vastausvaihtoehto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaihtoehto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaihtoehtoalternative, option
2Finnishvaihtoexchange; swap; shift key
3Finnishvaihtaato change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap
4Proto-Finnicvaihtadakto change
5Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
6Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Finnish vastaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvastausanswer, reply, response
2Finnishvastatato answer, to reply; to respond
3Proto-Finnicvastat'akto answer, to reply
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta-Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadakEvery word from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak
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