Where does “ylipäätään” come from?

ylipäätään (Finnish) comes from Finnish yli-, from Finnish yli, from Proto-Finnic üli, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

ylipäätään (Finnish): generally, on the whole, in general

Definitions

  1. generally, on the whole, in general

Ancestry of “ylipäätään”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyli-over-; super-; superior; trans-; overly,...
2Finnishyli"yli" + number: over; over; after, past
3Proto-Finnicüliover
4Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
5HungarianUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
6Albanian-ing, -ion
7Proto-West Germanic-jā
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂