Where does “ala” come from?

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

ala (Finnish): The second-person singular form of the negative...

Definitions

  1. The second-person singular form of the negative...

Ancestry of “ala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
2Proto-Finnicalalower; under
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow

Words derived from “ala

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla