Where does “toivomusaloite” come from?
toivomusaloite (Finnish) comes from Finnish aloite, from Finnish aloittaa, from Finnish alkaa, from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.
toivomusaloite (Finnish): a motion for the parliament to request the government to take action on some matter
Definitions
- a motion for the parliament to request the government to take action on some matter
Ancestry of “toivomusaloite”, step by step
toivomusaloite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish aloite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aloite | initiative; Short for edustaja-aloite |
| 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 |