Where does “vaaliluettelo” come from?
vaaliluettelo (Finnish) comes from Finnish luettelo, from Finnish luetella, from Finnish luettaa, from Finnish lukea, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
vaaliluettelo (Finnish): electoral register
Definitions
- electoral register
Ancestry of “vaaliluettelo”, step by step
vaaliluettelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish luettelo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | luettelo | list, catalogue |
| 2 | Finnish | luetella | To list, itemise/itemize, enumerate |
| 3 | Finnish | luettaa | To have something read, make somebody read something |
| 4 | Finnish | lukea | to read; to study; to consider |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | lukedak | to count; to read ? |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | luke- | to count |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |