Where does “seurakuntavaalit” come from?
seurakuntavaalit (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.
seurakuntavaalit (Finnish): parish elections, church elections
Definitions
- parish elections, church elections
Ancestry of “seurakuntavaalit”, step by step
seurakuntavaalit 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 seurakunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | seurakunta | A parish; A congregation, parish; Any group of... |
| 2 | Finnish | kunta | municipality, commune; local political division;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kunta | community; group of people |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kunta | — |