Where does “pinta-alamitta” come from?

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

pinta-alamitta (Finnish): measure of (surface) area

Definitions

  1. measure of (surface) area

Ancestry of “pinta-alamitta”, step by step

pinta-alamitta 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 mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →