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. Cognates include Proto-Samic *ëlē.

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)