Where does “alakynnessä” come from?

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

alakynnessä (Finnish): disadvantaged, unlikely to succeed, the underdog

Definitions

  1. disadvantaged, unlikely to succeed, the underdog

Ancestry of “alakynnessä”, 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 →