Where does “vaalikeskustelu” come from?
vaalikeskustelu (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.
vaalikeskustelu (Finnish): election debate
Definitions
- election debate
Ancestry of “vaalikeskustelu”, step by step
vaalikeskustelu 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 keskustelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keskustelu | conversation, discussion, talk |
| 2 | Finnish | keskustella | To discuss, talk about/over, converse on; To... |
| 3 | Finnish | keskus | centre/center |
| 4 | Finnish | Keski- | middle, central; average, mid-, medium |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | keski | middle, center |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Permic | keske | — |