Where does “alhainen” come from?

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

alhainen (Finnish): low; lowly, low, lower; low, ignoble,...

Definitions

  1. low; lowly, low, lower; low, ignoble,...

Ancestry of “alhainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
2Proto-Finnicalalower; under
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow

Words derived from “alhainen”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →