Where does “tukiasema” come from?

tukiasema (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuki, from Proto-Finnic tuki — support.

tukiasema (Finnish): base station

Definitions

  1. base station

Ancestry of “tukiasema”, step by step

tukiasema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtukisupport; back, backing; strut, prop, crutch
2Proto-Finnictukisupport

via Finnish asema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasemastate, position, situation; status; station
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