Where does “ylätyyli” come from?

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

ylätyyli (Finnish): literary style

Definitions

  1. literary style

Ancestry of “ylätyyli”, 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 “ylätyyli

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