Where does “alkuperäismaa” come from?
alkuperäismaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish alkuperäinen, from Finnish alkuperä, from Finnish alku, from Finnish alkaa, from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.
Ancestry of “alkuperäismaa”, step by step
alkuperäismaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish alkuperäinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alkuperäinen | original |
| 2 | Finnish | alkuperä | origin |
| 3 | Finnish | alku | start, beginning, inception, incipience; first,... |
| 4 | Finnish | alkaa | to begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | alkadak | to begin, to start |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | alka- | beginning |