Where does “ylistää” come from?

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

ylistää (Finnish): to praise, laud; to extol; to eulogize in a speech; to celebrate in a patriotic context; to commend a subordinate, employee

Definitions

  1. to praise, laud; to extol; to eulogize in a speech; to celebrate in a patriotic context; to commend a subordinate, employee

Ancestry of “ylistää”, step by step

ylistää 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 taa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
2Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
3Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
4Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

Words derived from “ylistää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →