Where does “pohjapinta-ala” come from?

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

pohjapinta-ala (Finnish): the (surface) area at the bottom or base of something

Definitions

  1. the (surface) area at the bottom or base of something

Ancestry of “pohjapinta-ala”, step by step

pohjapinta-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 pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →