Where does “alkusointu” come from?

alkusointu (Finnish) comes from Finnish Sointu, from Finnish sointua, from Finnish soida, from Proto-Finnic soidak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric śoje.

alkusointu (Finnish): alliteration

Definitions

  1. alliteration

Ancestry of “alkusointu”, step by step

alkusointu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Sointu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSointuchord
2Finnishsointuato harmonize, to tune; Partitive singular form...
3Finnishsoidato sound; to ring
4Proto-Finnicsoidakto sound, to ring (to produce a sound)
5Proto-Finno-Ugricśoje—

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

Words derived from “alkusointu”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric śoje →Every word from Proto-Finnic soidak →Every word from Finnish soida →