Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ülä

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *wülä / *wüle. Cognates include Proto-Samic *ëlē. The variation in the final vowel is likely older than Proto-Finnic.

Particle

*ülä

  1. upper

Descendants

  • Estonian: üla-
  • Finnish: ylä-
  • Ingrian: ylä-, ylläälle, yllääl, yllää, ylös, ylemmäks, ylempäi, yletä
  • Karelian: ylä-
  • Veps: ülä-
  • Votic: ülä-

Further reading

  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*üli”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)