Where does “alkeissilmu” come from?

alkeissilmu (Finnish) comes from Finnish alkeis-, from Finnish alkeet, from Finnish alkaa, from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.

alkeissilmu (Finnish): plumule

Definitions

  1. plumule

Ancestry of “alkeissilmu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalkeis-basic, elemental, fundamental, rudimentary;...
2Finnishalkeetbasics, fundamentals; the ropes
3Finnishalkaato begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin
4Proto-Finnicalkadakto begin, to start
5Proto-Uralicalka-beginning
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic alkadak →Every word from Finnish alkaa →