Where does “osake” come from?

osake (Estonian) comes from Estonian osa, from Proto-Finnic osa, from Proto-Uralic onća — part, share (of meat?).

osake (Estonian): particle

Definitions

  1. particle

Ancestry of “osake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianosapart
2Proto-Finnicosapart
3Proto-Uraliconćapart, share (of meat?)
Every word from Proto-Uralic onća →Every word from Proto-Finnic osa →Every word from Estonian osa →
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