Where does “yleisövihje” come from?

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

yleisövihje (Finnish): tip from the public, report from the public such as to help catch a criminal

Definitions

  1. tip from the public, report from the public such as to help catch a criminal

Ancestry of “yleisövihje”, step by step

yleisövihje 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 vihje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvihjehint
2Finnishvihjatato suggest, to imply, to insinuate; to hint to or...
3Finnish-ätäFront vowel variant of -ata
4Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
5Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
6Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →