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Where does “yletön” come from?

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

yletön (Finnish): excessive

Definitions

  1. excessive

Ancestry of “yletön”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
2Finnishalhaalla—
3Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
4Proto-Finnicalalower; under
5Proto-Uralicëlabelow

Words derived from “yletön”

  • ylettömästi
  • ylettömyys
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