Where does “vaalikokous” come from?

vaalikokous (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.

vaalikokous (Finnish): electoral meeting meeting in which the members of the board and holders of eventual other electoral positions are elected in association, company or similar

Definitions

  1. electoral meeting meeting in which the members of the board and holders of eventual other electoral positions are elected in association, company or similar

Ancestry of “vaalikokous”, step by step

vaalikokous 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 kokous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkokousmeeting, conference, assembly, convent, gathering
2Finnishkootato collect together, gather; to assemble,...
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwalaz →Every word from Old Norse hvalr →