Where does “üläopenik” come from?

üläopenik (Veps) comes from Veps ülä-, from Proto-Finnic ülä, from Proto-Uralic wilä.

üläopenik (Veps): student

Definitions

  1. student

Ancestry of “üläopenik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vepsülä-upper
2Proto-Finnicüläupper
3Proto-Uralicwilä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic wilä →Every word from Proto-Finnic ülä →Every word from Veps ülä- →