Where does “yleisöluku” come from?

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

yleisöluku (Finnish): The number of spectators

Definitions

  1. The number of spectators

Ancestry of “yleisöluku”, step by step

yleisöluku 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 luku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlukunumber, count, quantity; chapter; reading
2Proto-Finniclukunumber, quantity
3Proto-Finniclukedakto count; to read ?
4Proto-Uralicluke-to count
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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