Where does “alkutiivistelmä” come from?

alkutiivistelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tiivistelmä, from Finnish tiivistää, from Finnish tiivis, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.

alkutiivistelmä (Finnish): an abstract before the main text, an abstract at the beginning of an article

Definitions

  1. an abstract before the main text, an abstract at the beginning of an article

Ancestry of “alkutiivistelmä”, step by step

alkutiivistelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiivistelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiivistelmäsummary, synopsis, compendium, abstract
2Finnishtiivistääto compact, compress
3Finnishtiivistight, compact, dense, solid; concise
4Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós—

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steypós →