Where does “aluskate” come from?

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

aluskate (Finnish): underlay, underlayment layer of material beneath a roof to protect from water, snow, etc

Definitions

  1. underlay, underlayment layer of material beneath a roof to protect from water, snow, etc

Ancestry of “aluskate”, step by step

aluskate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalusvessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject
2Finnishalaarea, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,...
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish kate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatecovering, roofing
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kat'ëk—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →Every word from Finnish ala →