Where does “alkuminuutti” come from?

alkuminuutti (Finnish) comes from Finnish minuutti, from Swedish minut, from Latin minuta, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

alkuminuutti (Finnish): first minute(s)

Definitions

  1. first minute(s)

Ancestry of “alkuminuutti”, step by step

alkuminuutti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish minuutti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishminuuttiminute
2Swedishminutminute
3Latinminutanominative feminine singular of minūtus;...
4Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
5Proto-Italicminwō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

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 mēy- →Every word from Proto-Italic minwō →Every word from Latin minūtus →