Where does “huoneistopinta-ala” come from?
huoneistopinta-ala (Finnish) comes from Finnish pinta-ala, from Finnish älä, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.
Ancestry of “huoneistopinta-ala”, step by step
huoneistopinta-ala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pinta-ala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pinta-ala | area; surface area |
| 2 | Finnish | älä | The second-person singular form of the negative... |
| 3 | Finnish | ala- | under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |
via Finnish huoneisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | huoneisto | apartment, flat |
| 2 | Finnish | huone | room; house; house, hall |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | hooneh | building; room |