Where does “valuma-alue” come from?

valuma-alue (Finnish) comes from Finnish valua, from Finnish valaa, from Proto-Finnic valadak, from Proto-Finno-Permic wala-.

valuma-alue (Finnish): drainage basin, catchment basin, river basin

Definitions

  1. drainage basin, catchment basin, river basin

Ancestry of “valuma-alue”, step by step

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

via Finnish valua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaluato run, flow (slowly), stream (slowly), pour, drip, trickle
2Finnishvalaato cast, pour, throw; to cast, mold; Partitive...
3Proto-Finnicvaladakto pour; to cast
4Proto-Finno-Permicwala-—

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic wala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic valadak →Every word from Finnish valaa →