Where does “kärkiosa” come from?

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

kärkiosa (Finnish): the tip or end; the part at the end or tip of something

Definitions

  1. the tip or end; the part at the end or tip of something

Ancestry of “kärkiosa”, step by step

kärkiosa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish osa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosapart; piece; proportion, section
2Proto-Finnicosapart
3Proto-Uraliconćapart, share (of meat?)

via Finnish kärki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärkipoint, tip, cusp; lead; vertex
2Proto-Finnickärkiblack woodpecker
3Proto-Finno-Permickärke—
Every word from Proto-Uralic onća →Every word from Proto-Finnic osa →Every word from Finnish osa →