Where does “levikkialue” come from?

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

levikkialue (Finnish): area of distribution

Definitions

  1. area of distribution

Ancestry of “levikkialue”, step by step

levikkialue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alue

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

via Finnish levikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlevikkicirculation, distribution
2Finnish-kkiCreates action nouns from verbs; Creates...
3Proto-Finnic-kkei—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -luʀ →Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaluʀ →Every word from Finnish alue →