Where does “ylläpitäminen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ylläpitäminen”, step by step

ylläpitäminen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yllä

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

via Finnish pitäminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitäminen—
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →
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