Where does “alakaari” come from?

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

alakaari (Finnish): subphylum, subdivision taxonomic category below phylum and above class

Definitions

  1. subphylum, subdivision taxonomic category below phylum and above class

Ancestry of “alakaari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
2Proto-Finnicalalower; under
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →