Where does “ylentää” come from?
ylentää (Finnish) comes from Finnish yletä, from Finnish ylä-, from Finnish alhaalla, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.
ylentää (Finnish): To raise, lift, elevate; To promote someone to a...
Definitions
- To raise, lift, elevate; To promote someone to a...
Ancestry of “ylentää”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | yletä | To rise; To grow; To move up, advance, be/get... |
| 2 | Finnish | ylä- | upper; superior, high, higher |
| 3 | Finnish | alhaalla | — |
| 4 | Finnish | ala- | under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |
Words derived from “ylentää”