Where does “riista-alue” come from?

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

riista-alue (Finnish): game reserve area in which game animals are conserved, e.g. for later hunting

Definitions

  1. game reserve area in which game animals are conserved, e.g. for later hunting

Ancestry of “riista-alue”, step by step

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

via Finnish alue

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

via Finnish riista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishriistagame
2Proto-Finnicriistaobject, item, ware
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -luʀ →Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaluʀ →Every word from Finnish alue →
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