Where does “ehdokasnumero” come from?

ehdokasnumero (Finnish) comes from Finnish ehdokas, from Finnish kas, from Finnish katso!, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.

ehdokasnumero (Finnish): the unique number identifying a candidate in an election in countries or regions where one votes by writing the number of the candidate of their choice into their ballot paper

Definitions

  1. the unique number identifying a candidate in an election in countries or regions where one votes by writing the number of the candidate of their choice into their ballot paper

Ancestry of “ehdokasnumero”, step by step

ehdokasnumero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ehdokas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishehdokascandidate; nominee
2Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
3Finnishkatso!look!
4Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
5Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
6Proto-Germanicgātijaną—

via Finnish numero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnumerodigit, number; numeral; number
2Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
3Proto-Italicnomezos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →