Where does “ylösalaisin” come from?

ylösalaisin (Finnish) comes from Finnish alas, from Proto-Finnic alas, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

ylösalaisin (Finnish): upside down inverted

Definitions

  1. upside down inverted

Ancestry of “ylösalaisin”, step by step

ylösalaisin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalasdown; downward; down with
2Proto-Finnicalasdown, downward
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish ylös

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylösup, upward
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Proto-Finnic alas →Every word from Finnish alas →