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Where does “yllyttäjä” come from?

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

yllyttäjä (Finnish): someone who incites or agitates; agent noun of...

Definitions

  1. someone who incites or agitates; agent noun of...

Ancestry of “yllyttäjä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyllyttääto incite; to agitate, stir up, excite; to...
2Finnishyltyäto rise; to increase; to get worse, intensify
3FinnishyltääTo reach; To be/come up to
4Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
5Finnishalhaalla—
6Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
7Proto-Finnicalalower; under
8Proto-Uralicëlabelow
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