Where does “erämaa-alue” come from?

erämaa-alue (Finnish) comes from Finnish erämaa, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

erämaa-alue (Finnish): wilderness

Definitions

  1. wilderness

Ancestry of “erämaa-alue”, step by step

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

via Finnish erämaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisherämaawilderness
2Finnishmääbaa; I
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →