Where does “kalottialue” come from?

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

kalottialue (Finnish): an area inside either the Arctic Circle or Antarctic Circle

Definitions

  1. an area inside either the Arctic Circle or Antarctic Circle

Ancestry of “kalottialue”, step by step

kalottialue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alue

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

via Finnish kalotti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalotticalotte, skullcap, yarmulke
2Frenchcalottezucchetto; kippah; calotte
3Old Occitancalotta
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -luʀEvery word from Proto-Austronesian qaluʀEvery word from Finnish alue