Where does “yläotsikko” come from?

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

yläotsikko (Finnish): running head, running headline text printed at the top of a page, containing e.g. the name of the book or guide words in a dictionary

Definitions

  1. running head, running headline text printed at the top of a page, containing e.g. the name of the book or guide words in a dictionary

Ancestry of “yläotsikko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
2Finnishalhaalladown below, below; down (here/there)
3Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
4Proto-Finnicalalower; under
5Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →