Where does “aluspaita” come from?
aluspaita (Finnish) comes from Finnish alus, from Finnish ala, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.
aluspaita (Finnish): undershirt; singlet
Ancestry of “aluspaita”, step by step
aluspaita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish alus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alus | vessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject |
| 2 | Finnish | ala | area, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |
via Finnish paita
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paita | shirt; Partitive singular form of pai;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *paita | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | paidō | coat, cloak; smock, tunic, shirt |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | baiteh₂- | woolen clothes |