Where does “huostaanotto” come from?

huostaanotto (Finnish) comes from Finnish otto, from Proto-Finnic votto, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

huostaanotto (Finnish): custody

Definitions

  1. custody

Ancestry of “huostaanotto”, step by step

huostaanotto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish otto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishottotaking; intake; withdrawal
2Proto-Finnicvottotaking; something that is taken, accepted
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish huosta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuostapossession, care, custody
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic votto →
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