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Where does “ali-” come from?

ali- (Finnish) comes from Finnish Ali, from Finnish Aleksanteri, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος, from Ancient Greek ἀλέξω, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός, from Ancient Greek ἀνήρ, from Proto-Hellenic *anḗr.

Ancestry of “ali-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAli—
2FinnishAleksanteriAlexander
3LatinAlexander—
4Ancient GreekἈλέξανδροςAlexander
5Ancient Greekἀλέξωto keep off, turn aside; to guard, protect,...
6Ancient Greekἀνδρόςgenitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man
7Ancient Greekἀνήρman; husband; human being, as opposed to a god
8Proto-Hellenic*anḗr—
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