Where does “aloittelija” come from?

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

aloittelija (Finnish): beginner, novice, newbie, greenhorn

Definitions

  1. beginner, novice, newbie, greenhorn

Ancestry of “aloittelija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishaloitellaTo start, begin
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
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic alkadak →Every word from Finnish alkaa →