Where does “otsapinta-ala” come from?

otsapinta-ala (Finnish) comes from Finnish pinta-ala, from Finnish älä, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

otsapinta-ala (Finnish): frontal area

Definitions

  1. frontal area

Ancestry of “otsapinta-ala”, step by step

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

via Finnish pinta-ala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpinta-alaarea; surface area
2FinnishäläThe second-person singular form of the negative...
3Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
4Proto-Finnicalalower; under
5Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish otsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishotsaforehead; audacity, nerve
2Proto-Germanicanþijąforehead
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →