Where does “alkuapina” come from?

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

alkuapina (Finnish): primeval ape unspecified primitive ape, used also figuratively to refer to the primitive side of humans

Definitions

  1. primeval ape unspecified primitive ape, used also figuratively to refer to the primitive side of humans

Ancestry of “alkuapina”, step by step

alkuapina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalkustart, beginning, inception, incipience; first,...
2Finnishalkaato begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin
3Proto-Finnicalkadakto begin, to start
4Proto-Uralicalka-beginning

via Finnish apina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishapinamonkey; ape
2Old Swedishapina—
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →