Where does “alkujuuri” come from?

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

alkujuuri (Finnish): root, source

Definitions

  1. root, source

Ancestry of “alkujuuri”, step by step

alkujuuri 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 juuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuuriroot; Short for taikinajuuri; a zero of a...
2Proto-Finnicjuuriroot
3Proto-Finno-Permicjure—
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic alkadak →Every word from Finnish alkaa →