Where does “alleviivaus” come from?

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

alleviivaus (Finnish): underline, underlining

Definitions

  1. underline, underlining

Ancestry of “alleviivaus”, step by step

alleviivaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alleviivata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishalleviivataTo underline, underscore; To emphasize,...
2Finnishalleless than; under
3Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
4Proto-Finnicalalower; under
5Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →