Where does “virkamiesvaihto” come from?
virkamiesvaihto (Finnish) comes from Finnish virkamies, from Finnish virka, from Old Norse virkja, from Proto-Germanic wirkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.
virkamiesvaihto (Finnish): exchange of officials
Definitions
- exchange of officials
Ancestry of “virkamiesvaihto”, step by step
virkamiesvaihto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish virkamies
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | virkamies | civil servant, public officer, official |
| 2 | Finnish | virka | post, position, office, public office; purpose,... |
| 3 | Old Norse | virkja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wirkijaną | to make, produce; to effect, make happen |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |
via Finnish vaihto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaihto | exchange; swap; shift key |
| 2 | Finnish | vaihtaa | to change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vaihtadak | to change |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |