Where does “vuorokausivaihtelu” come from?
vuorokausivaihtelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaihtelu, from Finnish vaihdella, from Finnish vaihtaa, from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
vuorokausivaihtelu (Finnish): daily fluctuation, daily variation; diurnal fluctuation, diurnal variation
Definitions
- daily fluctuation, daily variation; diurnal fluctuation, diurnal variation
Ancestry of “vuorokausivaihtelu”, step by step
vuorokausivaihtelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vaihtelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaihtelu | variation; fluctuation |
| 2 | Finnish | vaihdella | To change repeatedly; To vary; To fluctuate |
| 3 | Finnish | vaihtaa | to change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | vaihtadak | to change |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |
via Finnish vuorokausi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vuorokausi | day |
| 2 | Finnish | kausi | period, age, epoch, season; term; period |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kauci | (section of a) road, way, path; part of a journey |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kawte | road? way? passage ? |