Where does “muistialue” come from?

muistialue (Finnish) comes from Finnish muisti, from Finnish muistaa, from Proto-Finnic muistadak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric muja- — to touch, feel.

muistialue (Finnish): memory area, memory region

Definitions

  1. memory area, memory region

Ancestry of “muistialue”, step by step

muistialue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muisti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuistimemory; Third-person singular past form of...
2Finnishmuistaato remember, recall, recollect; Third-person...
3Proto-Finnicmuistadakto understand
4Proto-Finno-Ugricmuja-to touch, feel

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric muja- →Every word from Proto-Finnic muistadak →Every word from Finnish muistaa →