Where does “ylläpitäjä” come from?

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

ylläpitäjä (Finnish): administrator, admin; bearer

Definitions

  1. administrator, admin; bearer

Ancestry of “ylläpitäjä”, step by step

ylläpitäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ylläpitää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylläpitääto maintain, uphold, keep up
2Finnishylläabove, over; above; "pitää yllä": to maintain
3Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
4Finnishalhaalladown below, below; down (here/there)
5Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
6Proto-Finnicalalower; under
7Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →