Where does “alkuaste” come from?

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

alkuaste (Finnish): early stage, infancy, beginning

Definitions

  1. early stage, infancy, beginning

Ancestry of “alkuaste”, step by step

alkuaste 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 aste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishastegrade; degree; degree, degree Celsius
2Finnishastuato step (on), tread (on), pace, stride
3Proto-Finnicastudakto step, to take steps
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic alkadak →Every word from Finnish alkaa →