Where does “alaselkä” come from?

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

alaselkä (Finnish): lower back lower part of the back, consisting of lumbar and pelvic region

Definitions

  1. lower back lower part of the back, consisting of lumbar and pelvic region

Ancestry of “alaselkä”, 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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