Where does “yleisölehteri” come from?

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

yleisölehteri (Finnish): public gallery seating area, usually in a parliament, etc

Definitions

  1. public gallery seating area, usually in a parliament, etc

Ancestry of “yleisölehteri”, step by step

yleisölehteri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yleisö

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

via Finnish lehteri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehteribalcony, gallery; lighter
2Swedishläktareplatform, balcony, gallery; the stands,...
3Latinlectorium—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →