Where does “alles” come from?

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

alles (Estonian): yet, not before, still, quite recently, already

Definitions

  1. yet, not before, still, quite recently, already

Ancestry of “alles”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianalaarea, territory, region; field; branch
2Proto-Finnicalalower; under
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →Every word from Estonian ala →
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