Where does “opastuskeskus” come from?

opastuskeskus (Finnish) comes from Finnish opastus, from Finnish opastaa, from Finnish opas, from Finnish äs, from German ās, from French as, from Italian asso, from German ass — that.

opastuskeskus (Finnish): information center, visitors' center

Definitions

  1. information center, visitors' center

Ancestry of “opastuskeskus”, step by step

opastuskeskus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish opastus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishopastusguiding, instruction
2Finnishopastaato guide, help; to mentor; to lead
3Finnishopasguide; guide book, guide
4Finnishäsess; argh
5Germanāsas, a unit and a Roman coin
6Frenchasace; as; second-person singular present...
7Italianassoace; A piece or side having a single dot
8GermanassSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling...
9EnglishaceA single point or spot on a playing card or die;...
10EnglishasexualNonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity;...
11Englishā-
12Middle Englisha-up, out, away; of; on, in
13Middle Frencha-
14LatinAdtoward, to
15Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
16Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
17LatinolleArchaic form of ille
18Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Finnish keskus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskuscentre/center
2FinnishKeski-middle, central; average, mid-, medium
3Proto-Finnickeskimiddle, center
4Proto-Finno-Permickeske
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos
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