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Where does “all-” come from?

all- (Estonian) comes from Estonian all, from Proto-Finnic alla, from Proto-Uralic -na — at, in.

all- (Estonian): located beneath, at the bottom, nether, sub-

Definitions

  1. located beneath, at the bottom, nether, sub-

Ancestry of “all-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianallunder, below
2Proto-Finnicallaunder
3Proto-Uralic-naat, in

Words derived from “all-”

  • allkiri
  • allveelaev
  • allvee-
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