Where does “ylellisyyshyödyke” come from?

ylellisyyshyödyke (Finnish) comes from Finnish ylellisyys, from Finnish ylellinen, from Finnish ylä-, from Finnish alhaalla, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

ylellisyyshyödyke (Finnish): luxury good

Definitions

  1. luxury good

Ancestry of “ylellisyyshyödyke”, step by step

ylellisyyshyödyke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ylellisyys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylellisyysluxury
2Finnishylellinenluxury, sumptuous
3Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
4Finnishalhaalladown below, below; down (here/there)
5Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
6Proto-Finnicalalower; under
7Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish hyödyke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhyödykecommodity, good
2Finnishhyötybenefit, gain, advantage; utility
3Finnishhyötääto force; to grow, to prosper
4Finnishhyvägood; desirable, advisable
5Proto-Finnic*hüvä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →