Where does “vaalirengas” come from?
vaalirengas (Finnish) comes from Finnish rengas, from Proto-Finnic rengas, from Proto-Germanic hrengaz, from Proto-Germanic hringaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)krengʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
vaalirengas (Finnish): a kind of electoral alliance in which parties are not considered as one bloc, but votes are first distributed by party and only then by candidate
Definitions
- a kind of electoral alliance in which parties are not considered as one bloc, but votes are first distributed by party and only then by candidate
Ancestry of “vaalirengas”, step by step
vaalirengas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rengas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rengas | ring, loop, hoop; tyre, tire; ring |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | rengas | ring, hoop |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hrengaz | ring |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hringaz | ring, circle; curve; sound, ring |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)krengʰ- | to turn, bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |