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Estonian
Etymology
From alg.
Prefix
alg-
- basic, fundamental, elementary
- tõde "truth" → algtõde "a fundamental truth or fact (usually regarding a specific field)"
- starting, initial
- kapital "funds" → algkapital "initial funds"
- (linguistics) proto-
- läänemeresoome "Finnic" → algläänemeresoome "Proto-Finnic"
Derived terms