Where does “alkuvinjetti” come from?

alkuvinjetti (Finnish) comes from Finnish vinjetti, from Swedish vinjett, from French vignette, from French vigne, from Middle French vigne, from Old French vigne, from Vulgar Latin vinia, from Latin vīnea — to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,...

alkuvinjetti (Finnish): vignette decorative design at the head of a chapter, poem or book

Definitions

  1. vignette decorative design at the head of a chapter, poem or book

Ancestry of “alkuvinjetti”, step by step

alkuvinjetti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vinjetti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvinjettivignette
2Swedishvinjettvignette
3Frenchvignettevignette; image, illustration, motif
4Frenchvignevine; vineyard
5Middle Frenchvigne
6Old Frenchvignevine; vineyard
7Vulgar Latinvinia
8Latinvīneavineyard
9Latinvīnumwine
10Proto-Italicwīnomwine
11Proto-Indo-Europeanwóyh₁nomwine; vine, wine
12Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁y-to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,...

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-Indo-European weh₁y-
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