Where does “vaalikoju” come from?
vaalikoju (Finnish) comes from Finnish koju, from Swedish koja, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
vaalikoju (Finnish): (electoral) campaign booth booth from which electoral information is distributed to the passers-by, often with a few chairs and table to facilitate discussions with voters
Definitions
- (electoral) campaign booth booth from which electoral information is distributed to the passers-by, often with a few chairs and table to facilitate discussions with voters
Ancestry of “vaalikoju”, step by step
vaalikoju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish koju
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koju | booth, stall, shed |
| 2 | Swedish | koja | a hut, a very primitive house; to go to bed |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 6 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 8 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |