Where does “alenema” come from?
alenema (Finnish) comes from Finnish aleta, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.
alenema (Finnish): drop, fall, decline
Ancestry of “alenema”, step by step
alenema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish aleta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aleta | To descend, come/go down, move downwards;... |
| 2 | Finnish | ala- | under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |
via Finnish mä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mä | I |
| 2 | Finnish | minä | I; ego; self |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 4 | Uralic | *minä | — |
Words derived from “alenema”