Where does “yläkierteinen” come from?

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

yläkierteinen (Finnish): with topspin or forespin

Definitions

  1. with topspin or forespin

Ancestry of “yläkierteinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyläkierretopspin, forespin
2Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
3Finnishalhaalladown below, below; down (here/there)
4Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
5Proto-Finnicalalower; under
6Proto-Uralicëlabelow
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