Where does “yltäkyllin” come from?

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

Ancestry of “yltäkyllin”, step by step

yltäkyllin 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 kyllin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyllinenough, sufficiently
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →