Where does “alkiolevy” come from?

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

alkiolevy (Finnish): embryonic disk

Definitions

  1. embryonic disk

Ancestry of “alkiolevy”, step by step

alkiolevy 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 levy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlevyplate; board; slab
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic alkadak →Every word from Finnish alkaa →