Where does “yleisövirta” come from?

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

yleisövirta (Finnish): stream of people, audience flow

Definitions

  1. stream of people, audience flow

Ancestry of “yleisövirta”, step by step

yleisövirta 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 virta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtaflow, stream; river; current
2Proto-Finnicvirtastream; flow, current
3Proto-Slavicvьrtъturn, enclosure
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →