Where does “aloitusviisikko” come from?
aloitusviisikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish aloitus, from Finnish aloittaa, from Finnish alkaa, from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.
aloitusviisikko (Finnish): starting lineup, starting five
Definitions
- starting lineup, starting five
Ancestry of “aloitusviisikko”, step by step
aloitusviisikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish aloitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aloitus | A start; A faceoff |
| 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 |
via Finnish viisikko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viisikko | group of five; fivesome, pentad, quintuplet, pentuplet |