Where does “aloitelaatikko” come from?

aloitelaatikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish aloite, from Finnish aloittaa, from Finnish alkaa, from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.

aloitelaatikko (Finnish): suggestion box receptacle with an opening into which people may place slips of paper containing suggestions for improvement, or for similar feedback

Definitions

  1. suggestion box receptacle with an opening into which people may place slips of paper containing suggestions for improvement, or for similar feedback

Ancestry of “aloitelaatikko”, step by step

aloitelaatikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aloite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaloiteinitiative; Short for edustaja-aloite
2Finnishaloittaato start, begin, commence; to go ahead
3Finnishalkaato begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin
4Proto-Finnicalkadakto begin, to start
5Proto-Uralicalka-beginning

via Finnish laatikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaatikkobox; drawer; casserole
2Old Swedishladhika
3Proto-Germanichlaþōdrawer
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka-