Where does “yläkierre” come from?

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

yläkierre (Finnish): topspin, forespin

Definitions

  1. topspin, forespin

Ancestry of “yläkierre”, 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

Words derived from “yläkierre”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →