Where does “alusvaateosasto” come from?
alusvaateosasto (Finnish) comes from Finnish osasto, from Finnish -sto, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
alusvaateosasto (Finnish): lingerie department
Ancestry of “alusvaateosasto”, step by step
alusvaateosasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish osasto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | osasto | department; compartment; section |
| 2 | Finnish | -sto | Forms collective nouns from nouns indicating... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish alusvaate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alusvaate | undergarment, piece of underwear; underwear,... |
| 2 | Finnish | alus | vessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject |
| 3 | Finnish | ala | area, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |