Where does “uudisasutus” come from?

uudisasutus (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.

uudisasutus (Finnish): settlement newly established colony, especially in an until then uninhabited region

Definitions

  1. settlement newly established colony, especially in an until then uninhabited region

Ancestry of “uudisasutus”, step by step

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
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśe- →Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśew- →Every word from Proto-Finnic asudak →
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