Where does “alkiokalvo” come from?

alkiokalvo (Finnish) comes from Finnish Alkio, from Finnish alkaa, from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.

alkiokalvo (Finnish): embryonic membrane

Definitions

  1. embryonic membrane

Ancestry of “alkiokalvo”, step by step

alkiokalvo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Alkio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAlkioembryo
2Finnishalkaato begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin
3Proto-Finnicalkadakto begin, to start
4Proto-Uralicalka-beginning

via Finnish kalvo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalvofilm; membrane; diaphragm
2Proto-Finnickalvomembrane
3Proto-Uralickaĺwɜmembrane
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic alkadak →Every word from Finnish alkaa →