Where does “rivinylinen” come from?

rivinylinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ylinen, from Finnish ylä-, from Finnish alhaalla, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

rivinylinen (Finnish): above the baseline

Definitions

  1. above the baseline

Ancestry of “rivinylinen”, step by step

rivinylinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ylinen

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

via Finnish rivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrivirow, line; line; rank
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →