Where does “asumakylä” come from?

asumakylä (Finnish) comes from Finnish asua, from Proto-Finnic asudak, from Proto-Uralic ëśew-, from Proto-Uralic ëśe- — to exist, be located.

asumakylä (Finnish): village; a rural habitation of nearby houses or farms, as opposed to a village as an administrative or economic unit

Definitions

  1. village; a rural habitation of nearby houses or farms, as opposed to a village as an administrative or economic unit

Ancestry of “asumakylä”, step by step

asumakylä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish kylä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkylävillage; Any private place, typically someone...
2Proto-Finno-Ugrickülädwelling
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśe-Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśew-Every word from Proto-Finnic asudak