Where does “yläleukaluu” come from?

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

yläleukaluu (Finnish): maxilla

Definitions

  1. maxilla

Ancestry of “yläleukaluu”, step by step

yläleukaluu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yläleuka

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

via Finnish luu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluubone
2Proto-Finnicluubone
3Proto-Uralicluwebone
4Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
5Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →