Where does “yleisölennätys” come from?

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

yleisölennätys (Finnish): paid flight (on a balloon, helicopter, small aircraft, etc.) open to the public

Definitions

  1. paid flight (on a balloon, helicopter, small aircraft, etc.) open to the public

Ancestry of “yleisölennätys”, step by step

yleisölennätys 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 lennätys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlennätysflying, causing to fly
2Finnishlennättääto fly, to make fly
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëlaEvery word from Finnish ala-Every word from Proto-Finnic ala
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