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Where does “aloitteikas” come from?

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

aloitteikas (Finnish): A person having initiative

Definitions

  1. A person having initiative

Ancestry of “aloitteikas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaloiteinitiative; Short for edustaja-aloite
2Finnishaloittaato start, begin, commence; to go ahead
3Finnishalkaato begin , start; to initiate, set in, be...
4Proto-Finnicalkadakto begin, to start
5Proto-Uralicalka-beginning
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →