Where does “kuoppa-asumus” come from?

kuoppa-asumus (Finnish) comes from Finnish asumus, from Finnish asua, from Proto-Finnic asudak, from Proto-Uralic ëśew-, from Proto-Uralic ëśe- — to exist, be located.

kuoppa-asumus (Finnish): pithouse, pit dwelling

Definitions

  1. pithouse, pit dwelling

Ancestry of “kuoppa-asumus”, step by step

kuoppa-asumus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asumus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasumusdwelling; tabernacle
2Finnishasuato live, reside, dwell; Partitive singular form...
3Proto-Finnicasudakto live (somewhere), dwell, reside
4Proto-Uralicëśew-to camp, remain
5Proto-Uralicëśe-to exist, be located

via Finnish kuoppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuoppapit; pothole
2Proto-Finnickooppapit
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśe- →Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśew- →Every word from Proto-Finnic asudak →