Where does “asunnontarvitsija” come from?

asunnontarvitsija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarvitsija, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

asunnontarvitsija (Finnish): person who is looking for or needs a house, an apartment, or a similar place to live

Definitions

  1. person who is looking for or needs a house, an apartment, or a similar place to live

Ancestry of “asunnontarvitsija”, step by step

asunnontarvitsija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tarvitsija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarvitsijaneeder
2Finnishice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish asunto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasuntohome, apartment, flat, housing unit, dwelling...
2Finnishasuato live, reside, dwell; Partitive singular form...
3Proto-Finnicasudakto live (somewhere), dwell, reside
4Proto-Uralicëśew-to camp, remain
5Proto-Uralicëśe-to exist, be located

Words derived from “asunnontarvitsija

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw