Where does “aloitteentekijä” come from?
aloitteentekijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tekijä, from Proto-Finnic tekejä, from Estonian tegema, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
aloitteentekijä (Finnish): initiator of an initiative, project, etc
Definitions
- initiator of an initiative, project, etc
Ancestry of “aloitteentekijä”, step by step
aloitteentekijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tekijä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tekijä | author, auteur; maker; doer |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | tekejä | doer, maker |
| 3 | Estonian | tegema | to do |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | tektäk | to do; to make |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
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 |