Where does “raja-asutus” come from?
raja-asutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish raja, from Old East Slavic краи, from Proto-Slavic krajь, from Proto-Slavic krojiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic krájīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-eye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European kroh₁y- — to sift, to separate.
raja-asutus (Finnish): border settlement; population living in a border region, i.e. by a border
Definitions
- border settlement; population living in a border region, i.e. by a border
Ancestry of “raja-asutus”, step by step
raja-asutus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish raja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | raja | border, boundary, limit, line line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | краи | edge; land, country |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | krajь | edge, end |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | krojiti | to cut |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | krájīˀtei | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kroyh₁-eye-ti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kroyh₁- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kroh₁y- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kreh₁y- | to sift, to separate |
via Finnish asutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | asutus | settlement |
| 2 | Finnish | asuttaa | to inhabit, people, populate, settle,... |
| 3 | Finnish | asua | to live, reside, dwell; Partitive singular form... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | asudak | to live (somewhere), dwell, reside |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ëśew- | to camp, remain |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | ëśe- | to exist, be located |