Where does “olla yllään” come from?

olla yllään (Finnish) comes from Finnish yllä, from Finnish ylä-, from Finnish alhaalla, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

olla yllään (Finnish): to wear

Definitions

  1. to wear

Ancestry of “olla yllään”, step by step

olla yllään traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yllä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylläabove, over; above; "pitää yllä": to maintain
2Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
3Finnishalhaalladown below, below; down (here/there)
4Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
5Proto-Finnicalalower; under
6Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish olla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishollato be; to be, constitute, make up, form; to have;...
2Proto-Finnicoldakto be
3Proto-Uralicwole-to be, become; be, will be
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →