Where does “asunto” come from?

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

asunto (Finnish): home, apartment, flat, housing unit, dwelling...

Definitions

  1. home, apartment, flat, housing unit, dwelling...

Ancestry of “asunto”, step by step

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

Words derived from “asunto”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśe- →Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśew- →Every word from Proto-Finnic asudak →
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