Where does “yläputki” come from?

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

yläputki (Finnish): upper tube, upper pipe pipe or tube that is installed higher than another to which it is compared

Definitions

  1. upper tube, upper pipe pipe or tube that is installed higher than another to which it is compared

Ancestry of “yläputki”, 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 →