Where does “alaköysikiipeily” come from?

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

alaköysikiipeily (Finnish): lead climbing

Definitions

  1. lead climbing

Ancestry of “alaköysikiipeily”, step by step

alaköysikiipeily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alaköysi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalaköysileadline, footrope
2Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish kiipeily

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiipeilyclimbing
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →