Where does “alam” come from?

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

alam (Estonian): inferior, something or someone that is of a lower...

Definitions

  1. inferior, something or someone that is of a lower...

Ancestry of “alam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianalaarea, territory, region; field; branch
2Proto-Finnicalalower; under
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow

Words derived from “alam”

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