Where does “ullakkoasunto” come from?

ullakkoasunto (Finnish) comes from Finnish asunto, from Finnish asua, from Proto-Finnic asudak, from Proto-Uralic ëśew-, from Proto-Uralic ëśe- — to exist, be located.

ullakkoasunto (Finnish): loft apartment/flat, attic apartment/flat, penthouse

Definitions

  1. loft apartment/flat, attic apartment/flat, penthouse

Ancestry of “ullakkoasunto”, step by step

ullakkoasunto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asunto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasuntohome, apartment, flat, housing unit, dwelling...
2Finnishasuato live, reside, dwell; Partitive singular form...
3Proto-Finnicasudakto live (somewhere), dwell, reside
4Proto-Uralicëśew-to camp, remain
5Proto-Uralicëśe-to exist, be located

via Finnish ullakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishullakkoattic
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśe-Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśew-Every word from Proto-Finnic asudak