Where does “asuinkerrostalo” come from?
asuinkerrostalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kerros, from Finnish kerrata, from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
asuinkerrostalo (Finnish): apartment building, apartment block, block of flats residential building containing multiple apartments or flats stacked on multiple floors or storeys
Definitions
- apartment building, apartment block, block of flats residential building containing multiple apartments or flats stacked on multiple floors or storeys
Ancestry of “asuinkerrostalo”, step by step
asuinkerrostalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kerros
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerros | floor, storey; layer; Second-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | kerrata | To repeat or reread |
| 3 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |