Where does “alkumatka” come from?

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

alkumatka (Finnish): first leg of the journey

Definitions

  1. first leg of the journey

Ancestry of “alkumatka”, step by step

alkumatka 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 matka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatkatrip; journey; distance
2Proto-Finnicmatkaway, path; journey, trip; distance
3Proto-Uralicmëtkapassage
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic alkadak →Every word from Finnish alkaa →
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