Where does “ylläpitää” come from?

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

ylläpitää (Finnish): to maintain, uphold, keep up

Definitions

to maintain, uphold, keep up

Ancestry of “ylläpitää”, step by step

ylläpitää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yllä

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	yllä	above, over; above; "pitää yllä": to maintain
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 pitää

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	pitää	to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
2	Proto-Finnic	pitädäk	to hold, to grasp; to keep
3	Proto-Finno-Ugric	pitä-	—

Words derived from “ylläpitää”

ylläpitäjä

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