Where does “erityisalue” come from?

erityisalue (Finnish) comes from Finnish erityinen, from Finnish eri, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *erei, from Proto-Indo-European er- — eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...

erityisalue (Finnish): special area

Definitions

  1. special area

Ancestry of “erityisalue”, step by step

erityisalue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish erityinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisherityinenspecial; specific
2Finnisheridifferent, other, another; different, separate;...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*erei—
4Proto-Indo-Europeaner-eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European er- →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *erei →Every word from Finnish eri →