Where does “siirtoäänivaalitapa” come from?
siirtoäänivaalitapa (Finnish) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.
siirtoäänivaalitapa (Finnish): single transferable vote
Definitions
- single transferable vote
Ancestry of “siirtoäänivaalitapa”, step by step
siirtoäänivaalitapa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ääni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ääni | sound; audio; voice |
| 2 | Greenlandic | Aani | — |
| 3 | Danish | ane | forefather; guess; suspect |
| 4 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 5 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Finnish vaalitapa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaalitapa | voting system |
| 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 |