Where does “miekkailualue” come from?

miekkailualue (Finnish) comes from Finnish miekkailu, from Finnish miekkailla, from Finnish miekka, from Proto-Finnic meekka, from Proto-Germanic mēkijaz — sword.

miekkailualue (Finnish): piste, strip

Definitions

  1. piste, strip

Ancestry of “miekkailualue”, step by step

miekkailualue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish miekkailu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiekkailufencing; swordplay
2Finnishmiekkaillato fence, duel
3Finnishmiekkasword
4Proto-Finnicmeekkasword
5Proto-Germanicmēkijazsword

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—
Every word from Proto-Germanic mēkijaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic meekka →Every word from Finnish miekka →