Where does “vaalitentti” come from?

vaalitentti (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.

vaalitentti (Finnish): electoral debate

Definitions

  1. electoral debate

Ancestry of “vaalitentti”, step by step

vaalitentti 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 tentti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtenttiexamination; Third-person singular indicative...
2Swedishtentamenan examination
3Latintentamenan attempt; a literary attempt: an essay
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos →