Where does “Alasaarela” come from?

Alasaarela (Finnish) comes from Finnish Saarela, from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

Ancestry of “Alasaarela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSaarelaAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnishsäärishank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -sEvery word from Finnish -läEvery word from Finnish sääri