Where does “siirtokylä” come from?

siirtokylä (Finnish) comes from Finnish siirto, from Finnish siirtää, from Proto-Finnic siirtädäk — to move, to transfer.

siirtokylä (Finnish): a village that split off from another village, often originally as a single outlying homestead and later developing into its own village

Definitions

  1. a village that split off from another village, often originally as a single outlying homestead and later developing into its own village

Ancestry of “siirtokylä”, step by step

siirtokylä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siirto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiirtomove, shift, transport; transfer
2Finnishsiirtääto move, transfer; to transfer; to reschedule,...
3Proto-Finnicsiirtädäkto move, to transfer

via Finnish kylä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkylävillage; Any private place, typically someone...
2Proto-Finno-Ugrickülädwelling
Every word from Proto-Finnic siirtädäkEvery word from Finnish siirtääEvery word from Finnish siirto
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