Where does “kuva-alkio” come from?

kuva-alkio (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuva, from Proto-Germanic skuwwô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nés, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

kuva-alkio (Finnish): an element of an image

Definitions

  1. an element of an image

Ancestry of “kuva-alkio”, step by step

kuva-alkio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuvapicture; image; photograph, photo
2Proto-Germanicskuwwôreflection, mirror image; shadow
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nésshadow, reflection
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

via Finnish Alkio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAlkioembryo
2Finnishalkaato begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin
3Proto-Finnicalkadakto begin, to start
4Proto-Uralicalka-beginning
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nés →Every word from Proto-Germanic skuwwô →