Where does “mielenylennys” come from?
mielenylennys (Finnish) comes from Finnish ylennys, from Finnish ylentää, from Finnish yletä, from Finnish ylä-, from Finnish alhaalla, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.
mielenylennys (Finnish): edification, uplift
Definitions
- edification, uplift
Ancestry of “mielenylennys”, step by step
mielenylennys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ylennys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ylennys | A promotion; An advancement |
| 2 | Finnish | ylentää | To raise, lift, elevate; To promote someone to a... |
| 3 | Finnish | yletä | To rise; To grow; To move up, advance, be/get... |
| 4 | Finnish | ylä- | upper; superior, high, higher |
| 5 | Finnish | alhaalla | down below, below; down (here/there) |
| 6 | Finnish | ala- | under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |