Where does “yllättää” come from?

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

yllättää (Finnish): to surprise, astonish, take unawares/by surprise;...

Definitions

  1. to surprise, astonish, take unawares/by surprise;...

Ancestry of “yllättää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishyltääTo reach; To be/come up to
2Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
3Finnishalhaalladown below, below; down (here/there)
4Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
5Proto-Finnicalalower; under
6Proto-Uralicëlabelow

Words derived from “yllättää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →