Where does “asuma-alue” come from?
asuma-alue (Finnish) comes from Finnish asua, from Proto-Finnic asudak, from Proto-Uralic ëśew-, from Proto-Uralic ëśe- — to exist, be located.
asuma-alue (Finnish): living region
Ancestry of “asuma-alue”, step by step
asuma-alue 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 alue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alue | area; region; oblast |
| 2 | Proto-Austronesian | qaluʀ | to flow |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | -luʀ | — |