Where does “yllätysvieras” come from?

yllätysvieras (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.

yllätysvieras (Finnish): surprise guest, surprise visitor, unexpected guest or visitor

Definitions

  1. surprise guest, surprise visitor, unexpected guest or visitor

Ancestry of “yllätysvieras”, step by step

yllätysvieras 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 vieras

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