Where does “alkukohtaus” come from?
alkukohtaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kohtaus, from Finnish kohdata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
alkukohtaus (Finnish): opening shot
Ancestry of “alkukohtaus”, step by step
alkukohtaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kohtaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kohtaus | fit; attack; seizure; fit, spell; fit, frenzy |
| 2 | Finnish | kohdata | to meet with, encounter; to undergo, experience,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish alku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alku | start, beginning, inception, incipience; first,... |
| 2 | Finnish | alkaa | to begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | alkadak | to begin, to start |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | alka- | beginning |