Where does “ylätasokone” come from?

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

ylätasokone (Finnish): high wing aircraft

Definitions

  1. high wing aircraft

Ancestry of “ylätasokone”, step by step

ylätasokone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ylätaso

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

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →