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
Ancestry of “vuosisadanvaihde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vuosisata | century |
| 2 | Finnish | sata | API; A/one hundred |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | sata | hundred |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | śata | hundred |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćata | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱm̥tóm | hundred |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥ | ten |