Where does “gjenvalg” come from?
gjenvalg (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål valg, from Old Norse val, from Old Norse valr, from Proto-Germanic walaz, from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.
gjenvalg (Norwegian Bokmål): re-election
Ancestry of “gjenvalg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | valg | election; choice |
| 2 | Old Norse | val | choice |
| 3 | Old Norse | valr | the dead, slain in battle; falcon, hawk |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | walaz | wounded; lich, corpse, dead body; battlefield |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | welh₃- | to hit, to strike |