Where does “alkudrinkki” come from?

alkudrinkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish drinkki, from English drink, from Middle English drink, from Old English drynċ, from Proto-West Germanic *drunki.

alkudrinkki (Finnish): apéritif

Definitions

  1. apéritif

Ancestry of “alkudrinkki”, step by step

alkudrinkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish drinkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishdrinkkidrink portion of mixed alcoholic beverage, cocktail
2EnglishdrinkTo consume through the mouth; To consume the...
3Middle Englishdrink—
4Old Englishdrynċdrink; draught
5Proto-West Germanic*drunki—

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-West Germanic *drunki →Every word from Old English drynċ →Every word from Middle English drink →
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