Where does “soidinalue” come from?

soidinalue (Finnish) comes from Finnish soidin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

soidinalue (Finnish): a region inhabited by birds like capercaillies during mating season

Definitions

  1. a region inhabited by birds like capercaillies during mating season

Ancestry of “soidinalue”, step by step

soidinalue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish soidin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoidinmating display, courtship, lek
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish soidin →