Where does “vaalilautakunta” come from?
vaalilautakunta (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.
vaalilautakunta (Finnish): election board, electoral committee committee that oversees an electoral processes
Definitions
- election board, electoral committee committee that oversees an electoral processes
Ancestry of “vaalilautakunta”, step by step
vaalilautakunta 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 lautakunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lautakunta | In municipal government, a committee appointed by... |
| 2 | Finnish | lauta | A board; An element in many compound words, where... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lauta | board, plank; table |
| 4 | Proto-Baltic | *plauˀtá | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |