Where does “ylä-” come from?

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

ylä- (Finnish): upper; superior, high, higher

Definitions

  1. upper; superior, high, higher

Ancestry of “ylä-”, step by step

ylä- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alhaalla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalhaalladown below, below; down (here/there)
2Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Proto-Finnic ülä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicüläupper
2Proto-Uralicwilä—

Words derived from “ylä-”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →