Where does “alkuväestö” come from?

alkuväestö (Finnish) comes from Finnish väestö, from Finnish väki, from Icelandic vaki, from Arabic وَاقِع, from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع — falling eagle.

alkuväestö (Finnish): indigenous population

Definitions

  1. indigenous population

Ancestry of “alkuväestö”, step by step

alkuväestö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish väestö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishväestöPopulation; the people living within a political...
2Finnishväkipeople, crowd; power, strength, force
3Icelandicvakihormone
4Arabicوَاقِعhappening, occurring; falling
5Arabicالنَّسْر الوَاقِعfalling eagle

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 Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع