Where does “alkuasetelma” come from?

alkuasetelma (Finnish) comes from Finnish asetelma, from Finnish asetella, from Finnish asettaa, from Proto-Finnic asettadak, from Proto-Uralic ëśe- — to exist, be located.

alkuasetelma (Finnish): initial setup

Definitions

  1. initial setup

Ancestry of “alkuasetelma”, step by step

alkuasetelma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asetelma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishasetelmaA still life, as a motif of a painting; An...
2FinnishasetellaTo set
3Finnishasettaato put, place, set, position, locate; to set up,...
4Proto-Finnicasettadakto put, to place, to set
5Proto-Uralicëśe-to exist, be located

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
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśe- →