Where does “keskuspaikka” come from?
keskuspaikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish keskus, from Finnish Keski-, from Proto-Finnic keski, from Proto-Finno-Permic keske.
keskuspaikka (Finnish): center important or central location
Definitions
- center important or central location
Ancestry of “keskuspaikka”, step by step
keskuspaikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish keskus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keskus | centre/center |
| 2 | Finnish | Keski- | middle, central; average, mid-, medium |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | keski | middle, center |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | keske | — |
via Finnish paikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paikka | place, location, spot, site; area, region,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *paikka | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spaikǭ | spoke |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | spēy- | to stretch; thrive; succeed |