Where does “ala-” come from?

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

ala- (Finnish): under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior

Definitions

  1. under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior

Ancestry of “ala-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicalalower; under
2Proto-Uralicëlabelow

Words derived from “ala-”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →