Where does “atk-ala” come from?

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

atk-ala (Finnish): IT branch

Definitions

  1. IT branch

Ancestry of “atk-ala”, step by step

atk-ala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish älä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishäläThe second-person singular form of the negative...
2Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish atk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishatkinformation technology, IT
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →