Where does “kotonaolo” come from?
kotonaolo (Finnish) comes from Finnish olo, from Finnish olla, from Proto-Finnic oldak, from Proto-Uralic wole- — to be, become; be, will be.
kotonaolo (Finnish): being at home
Ancestry of “kotonaolo”, step by step
kotonaolo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish olo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | olo | being, the action of the verb olla; feeling,... |
| 2 | Finnish | olla | to be; to be, constitute, make up, form; to have;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | oldak | to be |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | wole- | to be, become; be, will be |
via Finnish kotona
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kotona | at home, at somebody's place; home; Essive... |
| 2 | Finnish | koto | home; koto |
| 3 | Japanese | 箏 | koto: a Japanese zither derived from the Chinese guzheng |