Where does “asutus” come from?

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

asutus (Finnish): settlement

Definitions

  1. settlement

Ancestry of “asutus”, step by step

asutus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asuttaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasuttaato inhabit, people, populate, settle,...
2Finnishasuato live, reside, dwell; Partitive singular form...
3Proto-Finnicasudakto live (somewhere), dwell, reside
4Proto-Uralicëśew-to camp, remain
5Proto-Uralicëśe-to exist, be located

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “asutus

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