Where does “alkukonsonantti” come from?

alkukonsonantti (Finnish) comes from Finnish konsonantti, from Swedish konsonant, from Latin cōnsonāns, from Latin consono, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

alkukonsonantti (Finnish): beginning consonant

Definitions

  1. beginning consonant

Ancestry of “alkukonsonantti”, step by step

alkukonsonantti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish konsonantti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkonsonanttiA consonant
2Swedishkonsonantconsonant
3Latincōnsonānsagreeing, fit, suitable
4LatinconsonoI sound at the same time or together; sound...
5Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
6Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
7Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
8Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

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-Indo-European gū-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz