Where does “pressanvaali” come from?
pressanvaali (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.
pressanvaali (Finnish): presidential election
Definitions
- presidential election
Ancestry of “pressanvaali”, step by step
pressanvaali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vaali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaali | election; Third-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Swedish | väl | well; accurately, completely, to a significant... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | hval | whale |
| 4 | Old Norse | hvalr | whale |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hwalaz | whale, sheatfish |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kʷálos | large fish; sheatfish |
via Finnish pressa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pressa | prez |
| 2 | Finnish | presidentti | president |
| 3 | Swedish | president | a chairman, presiding member of an assembly, e.g.... |
| 4 | Old French | president | — |
| 5 | Latin | praesidēns | sitting before or in front of |