Where does “aluetuli” come from?

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

aluetuli (Finnish): area fire

Definitions

  1. area fire

Ancestry of “aluetuli”, step by step

aluetuli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alue

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

via Finnish tuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulifire; campfire; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*tuli
3Proto-Uralictulefire
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -luʀEvery word from Proto-Austronesian qaluʀEvery word from Finnish alue