Where does “karstialue” come from?

karstialue (Finnish) comes from Finnish karsti, from German Karst, from Middle High German karst, from Old High German karst — mattock, hoe.

karstialue (Finnish): karst area, karst region

Definitions

  1. karst area, karst region

Ancestry of “karstialue”, step by step

karstialue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karsti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarstikarst
2GermanKarstkarst; mattock
3Middle High Germankarst—
4Old High Germankarstmattock, hoe

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—
Every word from Old High German karst →Every word from Middle High German karst →Every word from German Karst →