Where does “yläkierrelyönti” come from?

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

yläkierrelyönti (Finnish): hit with topspin or forespin

Definitions

hit with topspin or forespin

Ancestry of “yläkierrelyönti”, step by step

yläkierrelyönti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yläkierre

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	yläkierre	topspin, forespin
2	Finnish	ylä-	upper; superior, high, higher
3	Finnish	alhaalla	down below, below; down (here/there)
4	Finnish	ala-	under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
5	Proto-Finnic	ala	lower; under
6	Proto-Uralic	ëla	below

via Finnish lyönti

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	lyönti	A hit
2	Finnish	-nti	Form action nouns from verbs whose first...
3	Finnish	-nta	Forms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
4	Proto-Finnic	-nta	Forms action nouns from verbs

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →