Where does “asukastalo” come from?

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

asukastalo (Finnish): residents' clubhouse

Definitions

  1. residents' clubhouse

Ancestry of “asukastalo”, step by step

asukastalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asukas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasukasresident, inhabitant
2Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
3Finnishkatso!look!
4Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
5Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
6Proto-Germanicgātijaną—

via Finnish talo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalohouse; building; farm, homestead
2Ludiantaloifarm; house
3Proto-Finnictalofarm, farmstead
4Proto-Baltictalˀa-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →