Where does “sävelala” come from?

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

sävelala (Finnish): range of a scale of notes; diatonic collection

Definitions

  1. range of a scale of notes; diatonic collection

Ancestry of “sävelala”, step by step

sävelala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish älä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishäläThe second-person singular form of the negative...
2Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish sävel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäveltone; melody, tune; note
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →