Where does “presidentinvaalit” come from?
presidentinvaalit (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaalit, 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.
presidentinvaalit (Finnish): presidential election
Ancestry of “presidentinvaalit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vaalit | Nominative plural form of vaali; election |
| 2 | Finnish | vaali | election; Third-person singular indicative past... |
| 3 | Swedish | väl | well; accurately, completely, to a significant... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | hval | whale |
| 5 | Old Norse | hvalr | whale |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hwalaz | whale, sheatfish |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kʷálos | large fish; sheatfish |