Where does “allekirjoittaa” come from?

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

allekirjoittaa (Finnish): To sign, subscribe, underwrite; To underwrite,...

Definitions

  1. To sign, subscribe, underwrite; To underwrite,...

Ancestry of “allekirjoittaa”, step by step

allekirjoittaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalleless than; under
2Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish kirjoittaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjoittaato write; to spell; to take an examination in
2Proto-Finnickirjoittadakto embroider, to decorate with embroidery

Words derived from “allekirjoittaa”

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