Where does “pinta-alalisä” come from?

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

pinta-alalisä (Finnish): increase in (surface) area

Definitions

  1. increase in (surface) area

Ancestry of “pinta-alalisä”, step by step

pinta-alalisä 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 lisä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlisäaddition, increase, supplement
2Proto-Finniclisäaddition, increase
3Proto-Finno-Permiclisä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →