Where does “vaara-asutus” come from?
vaara-asutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish väärä, from Old Swedish fahra, from Middle Low German vāre, from Old Saxon fāra, from Proto-Germanic fērō, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
vaara-asutus (Finnish): a settlement near a vaara; population living near a vaara
Definitions
- a settlement near a vaara; population living near a vaara
Ancestry of “vaara-asutus”, step by step
vaara-asutus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish väärä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | väärä | wrong, incorrect; false, erroneous; crooked,... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | fahra | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vāre | danger, persecution, fear |
| 4 | Old Saxon | fāra | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fērō | danger |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Finnish asutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | asutus | settlement |
| 2 | Finnish | asuttaa | to inhabit, people, populate, settle,... |
| 3 | Finnish | asua | to live, reside, dwell; Partitive singular form... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | asudak | to live (somewhere), dwell, reside |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ëśew- | to camp, remain |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | ëśe- | to exist, be located |