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Where does “alitse” come from?

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

alitse (Finnish): by beneath, by underneath

Definitions

  1. by beneath, by underneath

Ancestry of “alitse”, step by step

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