Where does “alkuperäiskieli” come from?

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

alkuperäiskieli (Finnish): original language

Definitions

  1. original language

Ancestry of “alkuperäiskieli”, step by step

alkuperäiskieli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alkuperäinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalkuperäinenoriginal
2Finnishalkuperäorigin
3Finnishalkustart, beginning, inception, incipience; first,...
4Finnishalkaato begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin
5Proto-Finnicalkadakto begin, to start
6Proto-Uralicalka-beginning

via Finnish kieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitongue; language; string
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic alkadak →Every word from Finnish alkaa →