Where does “alapohja” come from?

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

alapohja (Finnish): base floor, lowest floor; the floor of the lowest level or storey in a building; the bottom of a building's envelope

Definitions

  1. base floor, lowest floor; the floor of the lowest level or storey in a building; the bottom of a building's envelope

Ancestry of “alapohja”, 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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