Where does “yltäkylläinen” come from?

yltäkylläinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish yltä, from Finnish ylä-, from Finnish alhaalla, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

yltäkylläinen (Finnish): abundant

Definitions

  1. abundant

Ancestry of “yltäkylläinen”, step by step

yltäkylläinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yltä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyltäfrom over, from above; Indicative present...
2Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
3Finnishalhaalladown below, below; down (here/there)
4Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
5Proto-Finnicalalower; under
6Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish kylläinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkylläinencontent, full, satiated; saturated
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “yltäkylläinen

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëlaEvery word from Finnish ala-Every word from Proto-Finnic ala
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