Where does “alkuvuosikymmen” come from?

alkuvuosikymmen (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuosikymmen, from Finnish vuosi, from Proto-Finnic vooci, from Proto-Finnic oote, from Proto-Uralic ëde — year.

alkuvuosikymmen (Finnish): first decade

Definitions

  1. first decade

Ancestry of “alkuvuosikymmen”, step by step

alkuvuosikymmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vuosikymmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuosikymmendecade, ten years
2Finnishvuosiyear
3Proto-Finnicvoociyear
4Proto-Finnicoote—
5Proto-Uralicëdeyear

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 ëde →Every word from Proto-Finnic oote →Every word from Proto-Finnic vooci →