Where does “personval” come from?

personval (Swedish) comes from Swedish Person, from Swedish per, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.

personval (Swedish): election in which the personality of the candidates matters (as opposed to their political views)

Definitions

  1. election in which the personality of the candidates matters (as opposed to their political views)

Ancestry of “personval”, step by step

personval traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish Person

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishPersona person, in the plural, in tone people
2SwedishperFor each; for every
3LatinPetrusPeter
4Indonesianpenembakshooter
5Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
6Malaytembakto shoot
7MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
8Proto-Malayictimbak—
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—

via Swedish väl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvälwell; accurately, completely, to a significant...
2Old Swedishhvalwhale
3Old Norsehvalrwhale
4Proto-Germanichwalazwhale, sheatfish
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →Every word from Proto-Malayic timbak →Every word from Malay timbak →