Where does “alkutilanne” come from?

alkutilanne (Finnish) comes from Finnish tilanne, from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

alkutilanne (Finnish): initial situation, starting situation, starting position, starting point

Definitions

  1. initial situation, starting situation, starting position, starting point

Ancestry of “alkutilanne”, step by step

alkutilanne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tilanne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilannesituation; position; occasion
2Finnishtilastate; condition; Short for maatila
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

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-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →