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Where does “alustaa” come from?

alustaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish alus, from Finnish ala, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

alustaa (Finnish): to lecture, to give a presentation, particularly...

Definitions

  1. to lecture, to give a presentation, particularly...

Ancestry of “alustaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalusvessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject
2Finnishalaarea, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,...
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow

Words derived from “alustaa”

  • laukaisualusta
  • alustus
  • alustalainen
  • autonalusta
  • alusta
  • kasvatusalusta
  • alustaja
  • alustaminen
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →