Where does “naistenosasto” come from?
naistenosasto (Finnish) comes from Finnish osasto, from Finnish -sto, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
naistenosasto (Finnish): women's section
Ancestry of “naistenosasto”, step by step
naistenosasto 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 nainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nainen | woman; lady; first-person singular potential... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | nainen | woman; wife |