Where does “oma-aloitteisuus” come from?
oma-aloitteisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish oma-aloitteinen, from Finnish -aloitteinen, from Finnish aloite, from Finnish aloittaa, from Finnish alkaa, from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.
oma-aloitteisuus (Finnish): initiative
Ancestry of “oma-aloitteisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | oma-aloitteinen | spontaneous; unprompted; self-imposed |
| 2 | Finnish | -aloitteinen | Having an initiative |
| 3 | Finnish | aloite | initiative; Short for edustaja-aloite |
| 4 | Finnish | aloittaa | to start, begin, commence; to go ahead |
| 5 | Finnish | alkaa | to begin , start; to initiate, set in, be... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | alkadak | to begin, to start |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | alka- | beginning |