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Where does “alkiorakko” come from?

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

alkiorakko (Finnish): embryo sac, embryonic sac

Definitions

  1. embryo sac, embryonic sac

Ancestry of “alkiorakko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAlkio—
2Finnishalkaato begin , start; to initiate, set in, be...
3Proto-Finnicalkadakto begin, to start
4Proto-Uralicalka-beginning
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