Where does “tunturialue” come from?

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

tunturialue (Finnish): fell region, tunturi region

Definitions

  1. fell region, tunturi region

Ancestry of “tunturialue”, step by step

tunturialue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alue

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

via Finnish tunturi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtunturiA fell
2Proto-Samictuontërfell
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -luʀ →Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaluʀ →Every word from Finnish alue →