Where does “lintualue” come from?

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

lintualue (Finnish): bird area, bird territory

Definitions

  1. bird area, bird territory

Ancestry of “lintualue”, step by step

lintualue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alue

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

via Finnish lintu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlintubird; poultry
2Proto-Finniclintubird
3Proto-Uralicluntabird; goose
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -luʀ →Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaluʀ →Every word from Finnish alue →
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