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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

  1. insurmountable

Ancestry of “ylitsepääsemätön”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylitseover
2Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
3Finnishalhaalla—
4Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
5Proto-Finnicalalower; under
6Proto-Uralicëlabelow

Words derived from “ylitsepääsemätön”

  • ylipääsemätön
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →