Where does “alakivi” come from?

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

alakivi (Finnish): bottom stone, bedstone in a mill

Definitions

  1. bottom stone, bedstone in a mill

Ancestry of “alakivi”, 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 →
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