Where does “yläkautta” come from?

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

yläkautta (Finnish): by the upper route, by the higher route by or via a route or way that is higher than another one

Definitions

  1. by the upper route, by the higher route by or via a route or way that is higher than another one

Ancestry of “yläkautta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
2Finnishalhaalladown below, below; down (here/there)
3Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
4Proto-Finnicalalower; under
5Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →