Where does “alkua” come from?

alkua (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

alkua (Ingrian): to start

Definitions

  1. to start

Ancestry of “alkua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrian-uaUsed to form inchoative verbs
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

Words derived from “alkua”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →