Where does “yltyä” come from?

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

yltyä (Finnish): to rise; to increase; to get worse, intensify

Definitions

  1. to rise; to increase; to get worse, intensify

Ancestry of “yltyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishyltääTo reach; To be/come up to
2Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
3Finnishalhaalladown below, below; down (here/there)
4Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
5Proto-Finnicalalower; under
6Proto-Uralicëlabelow

Words derived from “yltyä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →