Where does “alkaa” come from?

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

alkaa (Votic): to begin, to start

Definitions

  1. to begin, to start

Ancestry of “alkaa”, step by step

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