Where does “kuunylinen” come from?

kuunylinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ylinen, from Finnish ylä-, from Finnish alhaalla, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

kuunylinen (Finnish): translunar, cislunar

Definitions

  1. translunar, cislunar

Ancestry of “kuunylinen”, step by step

kuunylinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ylinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylinenabove; attic
2Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
3Finnishalhaalladown below, below; down (here/there)
4Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
5Proto-Finnicalalower; under
6Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish Kuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKuuThe Moon the satellite of the Earth
2Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
3Proto-Finnickuucisix
4Proto-Uralickutteridge; six
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →