Where does “alkuopinnot” come from?
alkuopinnot (Finnish) comes from Finnish opinnot, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
alkuopinnot (Finnish): early or preliminary studies such as for a specific profession
Definitions
- early or preliminary studies such as for a specific profession
Ancestry of “alkuopinnot”, step by step
alkuopinnot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish opinnot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | opinnot | studies |
| 2 | Finnish | -ntö | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -mö | Front vowel variant of -mo |
| 4 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
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 |