Where does “mäntyalue” come from?

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

mäntyalue (Finnish): pine area, pine region

Definitions

  1. pine area, pine region

Ancestry of “mäntyalue”, step by step

mäntyalue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alue

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

via Finnish mänty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmäntypine; pine, pinewood; Scots pine, "Pinus...
2Proto-Finnicmäntüpine
3Proto-Finnicmäntämixing utensil made of the top of a young pine
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -luʀ →Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaluʀ →Every word from Finnish alue →