Where does “rivitaloasunto” come from?

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

rivitaloasunto (Finnish): rowhouse, row house, terraced house, rowhome,...

Definitions

  1. rowhouse, row house, terraced house, rowhome,...

Ancestry of “rivitaloasunto”, step by step

rivitaloasunto 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 rivitalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrivitaloterrace; rowhouse, row house, terraced house,...
2Finnishtalohouse; building; farm, homestead
3Ludiantaloifarm; house
4Proto-Finnictalofarm, farmstead
5Proto-Baltictalˀa-
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśe-Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśew-Every word from Proto-Finnic asudak
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