Where does “alkeislehti” come from?
alkeislehti (Finnish) comes from Finnish alkeis-, from Finnish alkeet, from Finnish alkaa, from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.
alkeislehti (Finnish): cotyledon
Ancestry of “alkeislehti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | alkeis- | basic, elemental, fundamental, rudimentary;... |
| 2 | Finnish | alkeet | basics, fundamentals; the ropes |
| 3 | Finnish | alkaa | to begin , start; to initiate, set in, be... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | alkadak | to begin, to start |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | alka- | beginning |