Where does “asuntokauppalaki” come from?

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

asuntokauppalaki (Finnish): Housing Transactions Act

Definitions

  1. Housing Transactions Act

Ancestry of “asuntokauppalaki”, step by step

asuntokauppalaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asuntokauppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasuntokauppahousing deal, housing transaction
2Finnishasuntohome, apartment, flat, housing unit, dwelling...
3Finnishasuato live, reside, dwell; Partitive singular form...
4Proto-Finnicasudakto live (somewhere), dwell, reside
5Proto-Uralicëśew-to camp, remain
6Proto-Uralicëśe-to exist, be located

via Finnish laki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlakiA summit, topmost point of eg. a hill or...
2Old Swedishlagh
3Old Norselága felled tree; log; lying tree
4Old Norseleggjato lay, place, put; to make, build
5Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśe-Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśew-Every word from Proto-Finnic asudak