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Where does “yläpuoli” come from?

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

yläpuoli (Finnish): The upper side of an object

Definitions

  1. The upper side of an object

Ancestry of “yläpuoli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
2Finnishalhaalla—
3Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
4Proto-Finnicalalower; under
5Proto-Uralicëlabelow

Words derived from “yläpuoli”

  • yläpuolinen
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →