Where does “asukas” come from?

asukas (Finnish) comes from Finnish kas, from Finnish katso!, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.

asukas (Finnish): resident, inhabitant

Definitions

  1. resident, inhabitant

Ancestry of “asukas”, step by step

asukas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
2Finnishkatso!look!
3Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
4Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
5Proto-Germanicgātijaną—

via Finnish asua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasuato live, reside, dwell; Partitive singular form...
2Proto-Finnicasudakto live (somewhere), dwell, reside
3Proto-Uralicëśew-to camp, remain
4Proto-Uralicëśe-to exist, be located

Words derived from “asukas”

Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →