Where does “alkuvaihe” come from?

alkuvaihe (Finnish) comes from Finnish alku, from Finnish alkaa, from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.

alkuvaihe (Finnish): early stage, early phase

Definitions

  1. early stage, early phase

Ancestry of “alkuvaihe”, step by step

alkuvaihe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish vaihe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaihephase, stage, point, period; phase; stage of a...
2Proto-Finnicvajehgap
3Proto-Uralicwaješe-
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka-Every word from Proto-Finnic alkadakEvery word from Finnish alkaa