Where does “nolla-alue” come from?

nolla-alue (Finnish) comes from Finnish nolla, from Swedish nolla, from Italian nulla, from Latin nūlla, from Latin nūllus, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

nolla-alue (Finnish): an area that would not be profitable to fell due to transportation costs

Definitions

  1. an area that would not be profitable to fell due to transportation costs

Ancestry of “nolla-alue”, step by step

nolla-alue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nolla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnollazero; digit zero; good-for-nothing
2Swedishnollaa zero; the symbol, or digit, "0"; a zero; a...
3Italiannullafeminine singular of nullo; nothing, anything;...
4Latinnūllano
5Latinnūllusno one, none, not any, nothing
6Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynosEvery word from Proto-Italic oinosEvery word from Latin nūllus
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