Where does “kutualue” come from?

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

kutualue (Finnish): spawning ground water zone for fish

Definitions

  1. spawning ground water zone for fish

Ancestry of “kutualue”, step by step

kutualue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alue

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

via Finnish kutu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkutuspawn
2Proto-Finnickütübrother-in-law
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickiδɜ—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -luʀ →Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaluʀ →Every word from Finnish alue →