Where does “yllätysvierailu” come from?

yllätysvierailu (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.

yllätysvierailu (Finnish): surprise visit a visit done as a surprise

Definitions

  1. surprise visit a visit done as a surprise

Ancestry of “yllätysvierailu”, step by step

yllätysvierailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yllätys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyllätyssurprise; Second-person singular imperative...
2Finnishyllättääto surprise, astonish, take unawares/by surprise;...
3FinnishyltääTo reach; To be/come up to
4Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
5Finnishalhaalladown below, below; down (here/there)
6Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
7Proto-Finnicalalower; under
8Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish vierailu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvierailuvisitation, call
2FinnishvieraillaTo visit
3Finnishvierasunfamiliar; foreign; guest, visitor
4Proto-Finnicveerasguest, visitor; stranger; strange, foreign,...
5Proto-Finnicveeriside, flank; edge
6Proto-Finno-Permicwäre
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëlaEvery word from Finnish ala-Every word from Proto-Finnic ala