Where does “enemmistövaali” come from?

enemmistövaali (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaali, from Swedish väl, from Old Swedish hval, from Old Norse hvalr, from Proto-Germanic hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos — large fish; sheatfish.

enemmistövaali (Finnish): first-past-the-post election, winner-takes-all election; an election in which the winner is the candidate who receives the most votes

Definitions

  1. first-past-the-post election, winner-takes-all election; an election in which the winner is the candidate who receives the most votes

Ancestry of “enemmistövaali”, step by step

enemmistövaali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaalielection; Third-person singular indicative past...
2Swedishvälwell; accurately, completely, to a significant...
3Old Swedishhvalwhale
4Old Norsehvalrwhale
5Proto-Germanichwalazwhale, sheatfish
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish

via Finnish enemmistö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishenemmistömajority
2Finnishenempifurther
3Finnishenälarge, abundant, much
4Proto-Finnicenäbig
5Proto-Uralicenäbig
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwalaz →Every word from Old Norse hvalr →