Where does “alkusarja” come from?

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

alkusarja (Finnish): preliminary round, qualification round

Definitions

  1. preliminary round, qualification round

Ancestry of “alkusarja”, step by step

alkusarja 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 sarja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsarjaseries; chain, sequence, succession, train; set
2Proto-Finnicsarjarow of laths or battens; a board made of laths
3Proto-Finno-Permicśarjalath, batten, bar
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic alkadak →Every word from Finnish alkaa →