Where does “ylispuusto” come from?

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

ylispuusto (Finnish): old-growth trees, overstory trees (collectively)

Definitions

  1. old-growth trees, overstory trees (collectively)

Ancestry of “ylispuusto”, step by step

ylispuusto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ylinen

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

via Finnish puusto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpuustoThe trees of an area collectively; the forest...
2Russianпусто́йfutile
3Old East Slavicпоустъ—
4Proto-Slavicpȗstъdesolate; empty
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →