Where does “ylensyödä” come from?

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

ylensyödä (Finnish): to overeat

Definitions

  1. to overeat

Ancestry of “ylensyödä”, step by step

ylensyödä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ylen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylenvery, excessively, over-; "antaa ~ ": to vomit
2Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
3Finnishalhaalladown below, below; down (here/there)
4Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
5Proto-Finnicalalower; under
6Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish syödä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyödäto eat; to wear out, to tire, to strain; to...
2Proto-Finnicsöödäkto eat
3Proto-Indo-EuropeansuH-é—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →