Where does “luola-asunto” come from?

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

luola-asunto (Finnish): cave house, cave dwelling

Definitions

  1. cave house, cave dwelling

Ancestry of “luola-asunto”, step by step

luola-asunto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asunto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasuntohome, apartment, flat, housing unit, dwelling...
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 luola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluolacave; cavern; grotto
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśe-Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśew-Every word from Proto-Finnic asudak