Where does “alkukymmen” come from?
alkukymmen (Finnish) comes from Finnish alku, from Finnish alkaa, from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.
alkukymmen (Finnish): first decade, early decade
Definitions
- first decade, early decade
Ancestry of “alkukymmen”, step by step
alkukymmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish kymmen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kymmen | ten; decade |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kümmen | ten; decade, group of ten |