Where does “yllätysmomentti” come from?
yllätysmomentti (Finnish) comes from Finnish yllätys, from Finnish yllättää, from Finnish yltää, from Finnish ylä-, from Finnish alhaalla, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.
yllätysmomentti (Finnish): element of surprise
Definitions
- element of surprise
Ancestry of “yllätysmomentti”, step by step
yllätysmomentti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish yllätys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yllätys | surprise; Second-person singular imperative... |
| 2 | Finnish | yllättää | to surprise, astonish, take unawares/by surprise;... |
| 3 | Finnish | yltää | To reach; To be/come up to |
| 4 | Finnish | ylä- | upper; superior, high, higher |
| 5 | Finnish | alhaalla | down below, below; down (here/there) |
| 6 | Finnish | ala- | under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |
via Finnish momentti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | momentti | a moment, phase, point, element; moment; A... |
| 2 | Swedish | moment | a step in a process |
| 3 | Latin | mōmentum | movement, motion, impulse; course |
| 4 | Latin | mōvimentum | movement |
| 5 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 6 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |