Where does “alam-” come from?

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

alam- (Estonian): by-, secondary, sub-, subordinate

Definitions

  1. by-, secondary, sub-, subordinate

Ancestry of “alam-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianalaminferior, something or someone that is of a lower...
2Estonianalaarea, territory, region; field; branch
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow

Words derived from “alam-”

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