Where does “alkukarhu” come from?

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

alkukarhu (Finnish): dawn bear, Ursavus elmensis the earliest undisputed bear species that lived about 20 million years ago

Definitions

  1. dawn bear, Ursavus elmensis the earliest undisputed bear species that lived about 20 million years ago

Ancestry of “alkukarhu”, step by step

alkukarhu 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 Karhu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKarhuA major brand of beer in Finland
2Finnishkarhubear; brown bear, "Ursus arctos"
3Proto-Finnickarhubear
4Proto-Finnickarhedarough, coarse
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →
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