Where does “ylänurkkalaukaus” come from?

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

ylänurkkalaukaus (Finnish): top corner shot

Definitions

  1. top corner shot

Ancestry of “ylänurkkalaukaus”, step by step

ylänurkkalaukaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ylänurkka

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

via Finnish laukaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaukausgunshot; shot
2Finnish-aus—
3Finnish-ähtääFront vowel variant of -ahtaa
4Proto-Finnic-ahtadakForms momentane verbs
5Proto-Uralic-ašta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →