Where does “ydinalue” come from?

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

ydinalue (Finnish): heartland

Definitions

  1. heartland

Ancestry of “ydinalue”, step by step

ydinalue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alue

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

via Finnish ydin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishydincore, kernel, the central part of something;...
2FriulianUdinUdine
3Arabicالدِّين—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -luʀ →Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaluʀ →Every word from Finnish alue →