Where does “alamaisuus” come from?

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

alamaisuus (Finnish): submission, subjection, subservience

Definitions

  1. submission, subjection, subservience

Ancestry of “alamaisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalamainensubject; subservient
2Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →