Where does “vehnänalkio” come from?

vehnänalkio (Finnish) comes from Finnish Alkio, from Finnish alkaa, from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.

vehnänalkio (Finnish): wheat germ

Definitions

  1. wheat germ

Ancestry of “vehnänalkio”, step by step

vehnänalkio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish vehnä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvehnäwheat
2Proto-Finnicvehnäwheat
3Proto-Finno-Permicwešnä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic alkadak →Every word from Finnish alkaa →