Where does “aloituspohja” come from?

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

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Definitions

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Ancestry of “aloituspohja”, step by step

aloituspohja 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 pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka-
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