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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aloite | initiative; Short for edustaja-aloite |
| 2 | Finnish | aloittaa | to start, begin, commence; to go ahead |
| 3 | Finnish | alkaa | to begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | alkadak | to begin, to start |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | alka- | beginning |