Where does “alavuus” come from?

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

alavuus (Finnish): lowness of terrain

Definitions

  1. lowness of terrain

Ancestry of “alavuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalavalow-lying
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 →