Where does “aloituspaikka” come from?

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

aloituspaikka (Finnish): starting place

Definitions

  1. starting place

Ancestry of “aloituspaikka”, step by step

aloituspaikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aloitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishaloitusA start; A faceoff
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 paikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaikkaplace, location, spot, site; area, region,...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*paikka—
3Proto-Germanicspaikǭspoke
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspēy-to stretch; thrive; succeed
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →