Where does “istuinalunen” come from?
istuinalunen (Finnish) comes from Finnish alunen, from Finnish alus, from Finnish ala, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.
istuinalunen (Finnish): seat pad
Ancestry of “istuinalunen”, step by step
istuinalunen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish alunen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alunen | underlay |
| 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 istuin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | istuin | seat; First-person singular indicative past form... |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |