Where does “alka” come from?

alka (Votic) comes from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.

alka (Votic): to begin, to start

Definitions

  1. to begin, to start

Ancestry of “alka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicalkadakto begin, to start
2Proto-Uralicalka-beginning
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka- →Every word from Proto-Finnic alkadak →