Where does “alkujuoma” come from?

alkujuoma (Finnish) comes from Finnish juoma, from Proto-Finnic jooma, from Proto-Finnic joodak, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

alkujuoma (Finnish): apéritif

Definitions

  1. apéritif

Ancestry of “alkujuoma”, step by step

alkujuoma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juoma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuomadrink; beverage; Agent participle of juoda
2Proto-Finnicjoomadrink; beverage
3Proto-Finnicjoodakto drink
4Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?

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 jëxe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic joodak →Every word from Proto-Finnic jooma →
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