Where does “asutusnimi” come from?
asutusnimi (Finnish) comes from Finnish asutus, from Finnish asuttaa, from Finnish asua, from Proto-Finnic asudak, from Proto-Uralic ëśew-, from Proto-Uralic ëśe- — to exist, be located.
asutusnimi (Finnish): name of a settlement, oikonym
Definitions
- name of a settlement, oikonym
Ancestry of “asutusnimi”, step by step
asutusnimi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish asutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | asutus | settlement |
| 2 | Finnish | asuttaa | to inhabit, people, populate, settle,... |
| 3 | Finnish | asua | to live, reside, dwell; Partitive singular form... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | asudak | to live (somewhere), dwell, reside |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ëśew- | to camp, remain |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | ëśe- | to exist, be located |