Where does “yhteisasunto” come from?

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

yhteisasunto (Finnish): cohabitation, a residence or place where people cohabit; a home, residence (apartment, flat, etc.) shared by multiple people

Definitions

  1. cohabitation, a residence or place where people cohabit; a home, residence (apartment, flat, etc.) shared by multiple people

Ancestry of “yhteisasunto”, step by step

yhteisasunto 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 yhteinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhteinenshared, joint, common; collaborative,...
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśe- →Every word from Proto-Uralic ëśew- →Every word from Proto-Finnic asudak →