Where does “vaalikaranteeni” come from?
vaalikaranteeni (Finnish) comes from Finnish karanteeni, from Swedish karantän, from French quarantaine, from Italian quarantina, from Italian quaranta, from Late Latin quarranta, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt — and.
vaalikaranteeni (Finnish): a period before an election during which an (officially unaffiliated) organization might avoid trying to give publicity to a political candidate
Definitions
- a period before an election during which an (officially unaffiliated) organization might avoid trying to give publicity to a political candidate
Ancestry of “vaalikaranteeni”, step by step
vaalikaranteeni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish karanteeni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karanteeni | quarantine |
| 2 | Swedish | karantän | quarantine |
| 3 | French | quarantaine | a number or group of or about forty |
| 4 | Italian | quarantina | approximately forty; period of forty days |
| 5 | Italian | quaranta | forty |
| 6 | Late Latin | quarranta | — |
| 7 | Latin | quadrāgintā | forty; 40 |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷétwr̥dḱomt | forty |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥- | four, fourfold |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |