Where does “alkutunnus” come from?

alkutunnus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunnus, from Finnish tuntea, from Proto-Finnic tuntedak, from Proto-Uralic tumte- — to know.

alkutunnus (Finnish): opening of a television program, etc

Definitions

  1. opening of a television program, etc

Ancestry of “alkutunnus”, step by step

alkutunnus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tunnus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtunnusmarking; insignia, emblem, seal, banner; sign,...
2Finnishtunteato feel, sense; to know, be familiar with
3Proto-Finnictuntedakto know; to feel
4Proto-Uralictumte-to know

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-Uralic tumte- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuntedak →Every word from Finnish tuntea →