Where does “alkamispäivä” come from?

alkamispäivä (Finnish) comes from Finnish alkaminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

alkamispäivä (Finnish): start date, starting date, starting day

Definitions

  1. start date, starting date, starting day

Ancestry of “alkamispäivä”, step by step

alkamispäivä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alkaminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalkaminenstarting, beginning, onset
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish päivä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäiväday; the sun
2Proto-Finnicpäiväsun; day
3Proto-Uralicpäjwä? warmth; ? sun; ? fire
4Proto-Uralicpäje
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma