Where does “alta” come from?

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

alta (Finnish): from under, from underneath, from beneath

Definitions

  1. from under, from underneath, from beneath

Ancestry of “alta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “alta”

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