Where does “steeppenivaihto” come from?

steeppenivaihto (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian vaihto, from Finnish vaihtaa, from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

steeppenivaihto (Ingrian): consonant gradation

Definitions

  1. consonant gradation

Ancestry of “steeppenivaihto”, step by step

steeppenivaihto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian vaihto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianvaihtoexchange
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...

via Ingrian steeppeni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriansteeppenidegree, extent
2Russianсте́пеньdegree
3Proto-Slavic*stepystep?, stair?
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadak →Every word from Proto-Finnic vaihtadak →