Where does “aluelingvistiikka” come from?

aluelingvistiikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish alue, from Proto-Austronesian qaluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian -luʀ.

aluelingvistiikka (Finnish): regional linguistics

Definitions

  1. regional linguistics

Ancestry of “aluelingvistiikka”, step by step

aluelingvistiikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—

via Finnish lingvistiikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlingvistiikkalinguistics
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -luʀ →Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaluʀ →Every word from Finnish alue →