Where does “kuuloalue” come from?

kuuloalue (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuulo, from Finnish kuulla, from Proto-Finnic kuuldak, from Proto-Uralic *kuwle- — to hear.

kuuloalue (Finnish): hearing range

Definitions

  1. hearing range

Ancestry of “kuuloalue”, step by step

kuuloalue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkuuloThe sense of hearing
2Finnishkuullato hear; to hear of; to listen to
3Proto-Finnickuuldakto hear
4Proto-Uralic*kuwle-to hear

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kuwle- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuldak →Every word from Finnish kuulla →
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