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Where does “yllyttää” come from?

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

yllyttää (Finnish): to incite; to agitate, stir up, excite; to...

Definitions

  1. to incite; to agitate, stir up, excite; to...

Ancestry of “yllyttää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyltyäto rise; to increase; to get worse, intensify
2FinnishyltääTo reach; To be/come up to
3Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
4Finnishalhaalla—
5Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
6Proto-Finnicalalower; under
7Proto-Uralicëlabelow

Words derived from “yllyttää”

  • yllyttäjä
  • yllytys
  • yllytin
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →