Where does “ylettömyys” come from?

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

ylettömyys (Finnish): excess

Definitions

  1. excess

Ancestry of “ylettömyys”, step by step

ylettömyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yletön

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

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →