Where does “purjeala” come from?
purjeala (Finnish) comes from Finnish älä, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.
purjeala (Finnish): sail area, surface area of sails
Definitions
- sail area, surface area of sails
Ancestry of “purjeala”, step by step
purjeala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish älä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | älä | The second-person singular form of the negative... |
| 2 | Finnish | ala- | under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |
via Finnish purje
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | purje | sail; rag, sheet |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | purjeh | sail |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | buriz | male offspring; son; elevation; hill; favourable... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |