Where does “kerrostaloasuminen” come from?
kerrostaloasuminen (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.
kerrostaloasuminen (Finnish): living in a block of flats or an apartment building
Definitions
- living in a block of flats or an apartment building
Ancestry of “kerrostaloasuminen”, step by step
kerrostaloasuminen 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 |
via Finnish asuminen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | asuminen | living, residing; Fourth infinitive of asua in... |
| 2 | Finnish | -minen | Forms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -minen | Forms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |