Where does “saastealue” come from?

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

saastealue (Finnish): polluted area

Definitions

  1. polluted area

Ancestry of “saastealue”, step by step

saastealue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alue

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

via Finnish saaste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaastepollution; pollutant
2Finnishsaastafilth
3Proto-Finnicsaasta—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -luʀ →Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaluʀ →Every word from Finnish alue →