Where does “alkuerä” come from?

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

alkuerä (Finnish): qualifier, qualifying round

Definitions

  1. qualifier, qualifying round

Ancestry of “alkuerä”, step by step

alkuerä 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 erä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheräbatch; lot; Short for maksuerä
2Proto-Finniceräapart, separate
3Proto-Finno-Ugriceräapart
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic alkadak →Every word from Finnish alkaa →