Where does “ylitsepääsemätön” come from?
ylitsepääsemätön (Finnish) comes from Finnish ylitse, from Finnish ylä-, from Finnish alhaalla, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.
ylitsepääsemätön (Finnish): insurmountable
Definitions
- insurmountable
Ancestry of “ylitsepääsemätön”, step by step
ylitsepääsemätön traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ylitse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ylitse | over |
| 2 | Finnish | ylä- | upper; superior, high, higher |
| 3 | Finnish | alhaalla | down below, below; down (here/there) |
| 4 | Finnish | ala- | under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |
via Finnish pääsemätön
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pääsemätön | inaccessible; inescapable; negative participle of... |
| 2 | Finnish | -mätön | Front vowel variant of -maton |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -mat'oin | Forms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -t'oin | -less |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ktama | — |