Where does “taajama-asutus” come from?

taajama-asutus (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.

taajama-asutus (Finnish): urban settlement; population living in urban or built-up areas

Definitions

  1. urban settlement; population living in urban or built-up areas

Ancestry of “taajama-asutus”, step by step

taajama-asutus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asutus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasutussettlement
2Finnishasuttaato inhabit, people, populate, settle,...
3Finnishasuato live, reside, dwell; Partitive singular form...
4Proto-Finnicasudakto live (somewhere), dwell, reside
5Proto-Uralicëśew-to camp, remain
6Proto-Uralicëśe-to exist, be located

via Finnish taajama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaajamapopulated community, population centre,...
2FinnishI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśe-Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśew-Every word from Proto-Finnic asudak