Where does “lähiöasuminen” come from?

lähiöasuminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish asuminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

lähiöasuminen (Finnish): suburban living

Definitions

  1. suburban living

Ancestry of “lähiöasuminen”, step by step

lähiöasuminen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asuminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasuminenliving, residing; Fourth infinitive of asua in...
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish lähiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlähiösuburb
2Finnish-iöFront vowel variant of -io
3Spanish-ijoindicating a diminutive or despective quality
4Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma