Where does “kerrostaloalue” come from?
kerrostaloalue (Finnish) comes from Finnish kerrostalo, from Finnish kerros, from Finnish kerrata, from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
kerrostaloalue (Finnish): an area where apartment buildings or blocks of flats are the primary form of housing
Definitions
- an area where apartment buildings or blocks of flats are the primary form of housing
Ancestry of “kerrostaloalue”, step by step
kerrostaloalue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kerrostalo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerrostalo | multistorey building; Short for asuinkerrostalo |
| 2 | Finnish | kerros | floor, storey; layer; Second-person singular... |
| 3 | Finnish | kerrata | To repeat or reread |
| 4 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 7 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |