Where does “ottaa yleisönsä” come from?

ottaa yleisönsä (Finnish) comes from Finnish yleisö, from Finnish ylä-, from Finnish alhaalla, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

ottaa yleisönsä (Finnish): to work the room

Definitions

  1. to work the room

Ancestry of “ottaa yleisönsä”, step by step

ottaa yleisönsä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yleisö

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

via Finnish ottaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
2Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →