Where does “ampuma-alue” come from?

ampuma-alue (Finnish) comes from Finnish ampua, from Proto-Finnic ampudak, from Proto-Finno-Permic ampɜ-.

ampuma-alue (Finnish): shooting range, firing range

Definitions

  1. shooting range, firing range

Ancestry of “ampuma-alue”, step by step

ampuma-alue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ampua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishampuaTo shoot
2Proto-Finnicampudakto shoot
3Proto-Finno-Permicampɜ-—

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic ampɜ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ampudak →Every word from Finnish ampua →