Where does “ylimmäinen” come from?

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

ylimmäinen (Finnish): highest, uppermost, top; socially supreme, highest

Definitions

  1. highest, uppermost, top; socially supreme, highest

Ancestry of “ylimmäinen”, step by step

ylimmäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ylin

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

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →