Where does “alkuperäinen” come from?

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

alkuperäinen (Finnish): original

Definitions

  1. original

Ancestry of “alkuperäinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalkuperäorigin
2Finnishalkustart, beginning, inception, incipience; first,...
3Finnishalkaato begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin
4Proto-Finnicalkadakto begin, to start
5Proto-Uralicalka-beginning

Words derived from “alkuperäinen

Every word from Proto-Uralic alka-Every word from Proto-Finnic alkadakEvery word from Finnish alkaa
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