Where does “alkunousu” come from?

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

alkunousu (Finnish): initial ascent, initial climb ascent that begins a skiing track, trekking route etc

Definitions

  1. initial ascent, initial climb ascent that begins a skiing track, trekking route etc

Ancestry of “alkunousu”, step by step

alkunousu 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 nousu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnousurise; ascent; thread pitch, pitch
2Finnishnoustato rise; to arise; to ascend
3Proto-Finnicnoustakto rise
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic alkadak →Every word from Finnish alkaa →