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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: üla-
  • Finnish: ylä-
  • Ingrian: ylä-, ⇒ ylläälle, yllääl, yllää, ylemmäks, ylempäi, yletä
  • Karelian:
    • ⇒ North Karelian: ylähäksi, ylähänä
    • ⇒ South Karelian: yläh, ylähädä, ylähänä
  • ⇒ Livonian: i’ldõ, i’llõ, i’lzõ
  • Livvi: ylä-
  • ⇒ Ludian: ülähan
  • Veps: ülä-
  • Votic: ülä-

Further reading

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