Where does “palveluasunto” come from?

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

palveluasunto (Finnish): serviced apartment/flat, service apartment/flat, sheltered housing apartment/flat, especially for the elderly or the disabled

Definitions

  1. serviced apartment/flat, service apartment/flat, sheltered housing apartment/flat, especially for the elderly or the disabled

Ancestry of “palveluasunto”, step by step

palveluasunto 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 palvelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalveluservice
2Finnishpalvellato serve; Adessive singular form of palvi
3Finnishpalvoato worship; to love ardently
4Proto-Finnicpalvodakto ask for
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśe- →Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśew- →Every word from Proto-Finnic asudak →