Where does “kymmenesosa” come from?

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

kymmenesosa (Finnish): tenth

Definitions

  1. tenth

Ancestry of “kymmenesosa”, step by step

kymmenesosa 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 kymmenes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenestenth
2Proto-Finnickümmenectenth
3Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten

Words derived from “kymmenesosa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic onća →Every word from Proto-Finnic osa →Every word from Finnish osa →