Where does “alkuseurakunta” come from?
alkuseurakunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish alku, from Finnish alkaa, from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.
alkuseurakunta (Finnish): early congregation
Definitions
- early congregation
Ancestry of “alkuseurakunta”, step by step
alkuseurakunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish alku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alku | start, beginning, inception, incipience; first,... |
| 2 | Finnish | alkaa | to begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | alkadak | to begin, to start |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | alka- | beginning |
via Finnish seurakunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | seurakunta | A parish; A congregation, parish; Any group of... |
| 2 | Finnish | kunta | municipality, commune; local political division;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kunta | community; group of people |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kunta | — |