Where does “alalaita” come from?

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

alalaita (Finnish): bottom/lower edge, bottom/lower side

Definitions

  1. bottom/lower edge, bottom/lower side

Ancestry of “alalaita”, 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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