Where does “ydinkoealue” come from?

ydinkoealue (Finnish) comes from Finnish ydinkoe, from Finnish koe, from Finnish kokea, from Proto-Finnic kokedak, from Proto-Uralic koke-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

ydinkoealue (Finnish): nuclear test area

Definitions

  1. nuclear test area

Ancestry of “ydinkoealue”, step by step

ydinkoealue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ydinkoe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishydinkoenuclear test
2Finnishkoeexperiment; trial, test; examination, test, exam
3Finnishkokeato experience, undergo; to suffer; ~ verkko = to...
4Proto-Finnickokedakto (go) take a look at
5Proto-Uralickoke-see
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Uralic koke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kokedak →