Where does “media-ala” come from?

media-ala (Finnish) comes from Finnish media, from English Media, from Latin Mēdia, from Ancient Greek Μηδία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

media-ala (Finnish): media branch

Definitions

  1. media branch

Ancestry of “media-ala”, step by step

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

via Finnish media

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmediamedia
2EnglishMediaThe middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue
3LatinMēdia
4Ancient GreekΜηδία
5Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Finnish älä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishäläThe second-person singular form of the negative...
2Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱEvery word from Ancient Greek Μηδία