Where does “alkeisvarsikko” come from?
alkeisvarsikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish alkeisvarsi, from Finnish alkeis-, from Finnish alkeet, from Finnish alkaa, from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.
alkeisvarsikko (Finnish): prothallium
Definitions
- prothallium
Ancestry of “alkeisvarsikko”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alkeisvarsi | hypocotyl |
| 2 | Finnish | alkeis- | basic, elemental, fundamental, rudimentary;... |
| 3 | Finnish | alkeet | basics, fundamentals; the ropes |
| 4 | Finnish | alkaa | to begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | alkadak | to begin, to start |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | alka- | beginning |