Where does “yllätys” come from?
yllätys (Finnish) comes from Finnish yllättää, from Finnish yltää, from Finnish ylä-, from Finnish alhaalla, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.
yllätys (Finnish): surprise; Second-person singular imperative...
Definitions
- surprise; Second-person singular imperative...
Ancestry of “yllätys”, step by step
yllätys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish yllättää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yllättää | to surprise, astonish, take unawares/by surprise;... |
| 2 | Finnish | yltää | To reach; To be/come up to |
| 3 | Finnish | ylä- | upper; superior, high, higher |
| 4 | Finnish | alhaalla | down below, below; down (here/there) |
| 5 | Finnish | ala- | under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |