Where does “alusvaatekerta” come from?
alusvaatekerta (Finnish) comes from Finnish alusvaate, from Finnish alus, from Finnish ala, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.
alusvaatekerta (Finnish): set of underwear
Ancestry of “alusvaatekerta”, step by step
alusvaatekerta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish alusvaate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alusvaate | undergarment, piece of underwear; underwear,... |
| 2 | Finnish | alus | vessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject |
| 3 | Finnish | ala | area, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |
via Finnish kerta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |