Where does “asuma” come from?
asuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish asua, from Proto-Finnic asudak, from Proto-Uralic ëśew-, from Proto-Uralic ëśe- — to exist, be located.
asuma (Finnish): Agent participle of asua
Ancestry of “asuma”, step by step
asuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish asua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | asua | to live, reside, dwell; Partitive singular form... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | asudak | to live (somewhere), dwell, reside |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | ëśew- | to camp, remain |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ëśe- | to exist, be located |
via Finnish mä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mä | I |
| 2 | Finnish | minä | I; ego; self |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 4 | Uralic | *minä | — |
Words derived from “asuma”