Where does “vaalivalvojaiset” come from?
vaalivalvojaiset (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.
vaalivalvojaiset (Finnish): election night, election night watch party; a social event often held by a political party or organization for observing the counting of votes and the results
Definitions
- election night, election night watch party; a social event often held by a political party or organization for observing the counting of votes and the results
Ancestry of “vaalivalvojaiset”, step by step
vaalivalvojaiset 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 valvojaiset
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valvojaiset | vigil, event in which people stay awake; Short... |
| 2 | Finnish | valvoa | to stay up, stay awake; to oversee, supervise,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -oa | Forms frequentative verbs, primarily from nouns... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -odak | Forms some verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w- | — |