Where does “täytevaali” come from?

täytevaali (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.

täytevaali (Finnish): by-election

Definitions

  1. by-election

Ancestry of “täytevaali”, step by step

täytevaali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish täyte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäytefilling; fill; batt, batting
2Finnishtäyttääto fill, fill up, fill in, stuff; to stuff; to...
3Proto-Finnictäüttädäkto fill, to fill up, to make full
4Proto-Finnictäücifull
5Proto-Uralictäwdefull
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwalaz →Every word from Old Norse hvalr →