Where does “alkuviikko” come from?
alkuviikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish alku, from Finnish alkaa, from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.
alkuviikko (Finnish): the beginning of a week, usually understood to...
Definitions
- the beginning of a week, usually understood to...
Ancestry of “alkuviikko”, step by step
alkuviikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish alku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alku | start, beginning, inception, incipience; first,... |
| 2 | Finnish | alkaa | to begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | alkadak | to begin, to start |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | alka- | beginning |
via Finnish viikko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viikko | week |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | wikǭ | sequence; week |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weyg- | to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to... |