Where does “alkuperäketju” come from?

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

alkuperäketju (Finnish): chain of custody the documentation showing the full process of acquisition, transfer, handling and disposition of physical or electronic materials

Definitions

  1. chain of custody the documentation showing the full process of acquisition, transfer, handling and disposition of physical or electronic materials

Ancestry of “alkuperäketju”, step by step

alkuperäketju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alkuperä

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

via Finnish ketju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishketjuchain; necklace; line
2Swedishkedjachain; chain; a series of interconnected things;...
3Latincatēnachain
4Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →