Where does “tasankokylä” come from?
tasankokylä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tasanko, from Finnish -nkö, from Finnish -nka-i, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
tasankokylä (Finnish): flatland village
Ancestry of “tasankokylä”, step by step
tasankokylä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tasanko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tasanko | plain, flatland; tasan + the suffix -ko |
| 2 | Finnish | -nkö | Front vowel variant of -nko |
| 3 | Finnish | -nka-i | — |
| 4 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish kylä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kylä | village; Any private place, typically someone... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | külä | dwelling |