Where does “oksanhanka” come from?

oksanhanka (Finnish) comes from Finnish oksa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *oksa, from Proto-Finno-Permic oksa.

oksanhanka (Finnish): fork of branch

Definitions

  1. fork of branch

Ancestry of “oksanhanka”, step by step

oksanhanka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish oksa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoksabranch; bough; knot
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*oksa—
3Proto-Finno-Permicoksa—

via Finnish hanka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhankafork; Synonym of hankain
2Proto-Finnichankafork of a branch
3Proto-Uralicšaŋkabranch
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic oksa →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *oksa →Every word from Finnish oksa →