Where does “asuntokatu” come from?

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

asuntokatu (Finnish): residential street

Definitions

residential street

Ancestry of “asuntokatu”, step by step

asuntokatu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asunto

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	asunto	home, apartment, flat, housing unit, dwelling...
2	Finnish	asua	to live, reside, dwell; Partitive singular form...
3	Proto-Finnic	asudak	to live (somewhere), dwell, reside
4	Proto-Uralic	ëśew-	to camp, remain
5	Proto-Uralic	ëśe-	to exist, be located

via Finnish katu

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	katu	street
2	Old Swedish	gata	street, road
3	Old Norse	gáta	riddle
4	Proto-Germanic	gatwǭ	street, passage
5	Proto-Indo-European	gʰodweh₂	—

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