Where does “siirtolaisasutus” come from?
siirtolaisasutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish asutus, from Finnish asuttaa, from Finnish asua, from Proto-Finnic asudak, from Proto-Uralic ëśew-, from Proto-Uralic ëśe- — to exist, be located.
siirtolaisasutus (Finnish): migrant settlement, migrant resettlement
Definitions
- migrant settlement, migrant resettlement
Ancestry of “siirtolaisasutus”, step by step
siirtolaisasutus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish siirtolainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | siirtolainen | migrant; immigrant or emigrant |
| 2 | Finnish | siirto | move, shift, transport; transfer |
| 3 | Finnish | siirtää | to move, transfer; to transfer; to reschedule,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | siirtädäk | to move, to transfer |