Where does “alkupuolisko” come from?

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

alkupuolisko (Finnish): first half of anything, like of a period of time,...

Definitions

  1. first half of anything, like of a period of time,...

Ancestry of “alkupuolisko”, step by step

alkupuolisko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alku

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

via Finnish puolisko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpuoliskoA half; hemisphere
2Finnishpuolihalf; when followed by a number representing an...
3Proto-Finnicpoolihalf, side; half
4Proto-Uralicpälähalf
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic alkadak →Every word from Finnish alkaa →