Where does “ylätyylinen” come from?

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

ylätyylinen (Finnish): literary

Definitions

  1. literary

Ancestry of “ylätyylinen”, step by step

ylätyylinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ylätyyli

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

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →