Where does “tuhoamisalue” come from?

tuhoamisalue (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuhoaminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

tuhoamisalue (Finnish): engagement area, kill zone place or area into which enemy forces are concentrated to be destroyed using massed fires

Definitions

  1. engagement area, kill zone place or area into which enemy forces are concentrated to be destroyed using massed fires

Ancestry of “tuhoamisalue”, step by step

tuhoamisalue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuhoaminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuhoaminendestruction, annihilation
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma