Where does “keskustaajama” come from?

keskustaajama (Finnish) comes from Finnish taajama, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

keskustaajama (Finnish): municipal seat, administrative centre of a town or municipality

Definitions

  1. municipal seat, administrative centre of a town or municipality

Ancestry of “keskustaajama”, step by step

keskustaajama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taajama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaajamapopulated community, population centre,...
2FinnishmäI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä—

via Finnish keskus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskuscentre/center
2FinnishKeski-middle, central; average, mid-, medium
3Proto-Finnickeskimiddle, center
4Proto-Finno-Permickeske—
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →