Where does “ylätaso” come from?

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

ylätaso (Finnish): upper level, top level

Definitions

  1. upper level, top level

Ancestry of “ylätaso”, 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

Words derived from “ylätaso

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëlaEvery word from Finnish ala-Every word from Proto-Finnic ala