Where does “yläsävelsarja” come from?

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

yläsävelsarja (Finnish): harmonic series

Definitions

  1. harmonic series

Ancestry of “yläsävelsarja”, step by step

yläsävelsarja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yläsävel

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

via Finnish sarja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsarjaseries; chain, sequence, succession, train; set
2Proto-Finnicsarjarow of laths or battens; a board made of laths
3Proto-Finno-Permicśarjalath, batten, bar
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →