Where does “alka tas-Salini” come from?

alka tas-Salini (Maltese) comes from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.

alka tas-Salini (Maltese): common eelgrass, Zostera marina

Definitions

  1. common eelgrass, Zostera marina

Ancestry of “alka tas-Salini”, step by step

alka tas-Salini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Uralic alka-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicalka-beginning

via Maltese is-Salini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malteseis-Salini
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka-