Where does “ala-” come from?

ala- (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

ala- (Estonian): under-, lower, nether, sub-, inferior

Definitions

  1. under-, lower, nether, sub-, inferior

Ancestry of “ala-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicalalower; under
2Proto-Uralicëlabelow

Words derived from “ala-”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →