Where does “siirtoäänivaali” come from?

siirtoäänivaali (Finnish) comes from Finnish siirtoääni, from Finnish ääni, from Greenlandic Aani, from Danish ane, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.

siirtoäänivaali (Finnish): single transferable vote election

Definitions

  1. single transferable vote election

Ancestry of “siirtoäänivaali”, step by step

siirtoäänivaali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siirtoääni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiirtoäänisingle transferable vote
2Finnishäänisound; audio; voice
3GreenlandicAani—
4Danishaneforefather; guess; suspect
5Middle High Germanānewithout
6Old High Germanānawithout
7Proto-West Germanicanaon
8Proto-Germanic*an—
9Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →