Where does “ulakeskus” come from?

ulakeskus (Finnish) comes from Finnish keskus, from Finnish Keski-, from Proto-Finnic keski, from Proto-Finno-Permic keske.

ulakeskus (Finnish): taxi dispatch center that uses phones on the FM broadcast range

Definitions

  1. taxi dispatch center that uses phones on the FM broadcast range

Ancestry of “ulakeskus”, step by step

ulakeskus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keskus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskuscentre/center
2FinnishKeski-middle, central; average, mid-, medium
3Proto-Finnickeskimiddle, center
4Proto-Finno-Permickeske

via Finnish ula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishulaFM broadcast band
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic keske