alg-

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Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From alg.

Prefix[edit]

alg-

  1. basic, fundamental, elementary
    tõde "truth" → algtõde "a fundamental truth or fact (usually regarding a specific field)"
  2. starting, initial
    kapital "funds" → algkapital "initial funds"
  3. (linguistics) proto-
    läänemeresoome "Finnic" → algläänemeresoome "Proto-Finnic"

Derived terms[edit]

Estonian terms prefixed with alg-
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