Where does “suppea-alainen” come from?

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

suppea-alainen (Finnish): narrow, of limited scope

Definitions

  1. narrow, of limited scope

Ancestry of “suppea-alainen”, step by step

suppea-alainen 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 suppea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuppeascanty, limited, narrow; concise, succinct; close
2Finnish-eäFront vowel variant of -ea
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →
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