Where does “kanta-asukas” come from?

kanta-asukas (Finnish) comes from Finnish asukas, from Finnish kas, from Finnish katso!, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.

kanta-asukas (Finnish): indigenous resident, original resident

Definitions

  1. indigenous resident, original resident

Ancestry of “kanta-asukas”, step by step

kanta-asukas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asukas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasukasresident, inhabitant
2Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
3Finnishkatso!look!
4Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
5Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
6Proto-Germanicgātijaną—

via Finnish kanta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkantastem; position, opinion, point of view, account;...
2Proto-Finnickantaheel
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickanta—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →