Where does “ylänkökiuru” come from?

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

ylänkökiuru (Finnish): bimaculated lark, Melanocrypha bimaculata

Definitions

  1. bimaculated lark, Melanocrypha bimaculata

Ancestry of “ylänkökiuru”, step by step

ylänkökiuru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ylänkö

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

via Finnish kiuru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiuruskylark
2Proto-Finnickiurulark (bird of family Alaudidae)
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →