Where does “ylistellä” come from?
ylistellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ylistää, from Finnish ylinen, from Finnish ylä-, from Finnish alhaalla, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.
ylistellä (Finnish): to praise, extol or eulogise repeatedly
Definitions
- to praise, extol or eulogise repeatedly
Ancestry of “ylistellä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ylistää | To praise; to extol; to eulogize ; to celebrate ;... |
| 2 | Finnish | ylinen | above; attic |
| 3 | Finnish | ylä- | upper; superior, high, higher |
| 4 | Finnish | alhaalla | — |
| 5 | Finnish | ala- | under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |