Where does “vuosisadanvaihde” come from?

vuosisadanvaihde (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuosisata, from Finnish sata, from Proto-Finnic sata, from Proto-Uralic śata, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćata, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

vuosisadanvaihde (Finnish): turn of the century

Definitions

  1. turn of the century

Ancestry of “vuosisadanvaihde”, step by step

vuosisadanvaihde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vuosisata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuosisatacentury
2FinnishsataAPI; A/one hundred
3Proto-Finnicsatahundred
4Proto-Uralicśatahundred
5Proto-Indo-Iranianćata—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
7Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten

via Finnish vaihde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaihdegear; switch; turn
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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćata →