Where does “oksanreikä” come from?

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

oksanreikä (Finnish): knothole

Definitions

  1. knothole

Ancestry of “oksanreikä”, step by step

oksanreikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish oksa

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

via Finnish reikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreikähole; puncture; cavity
2Proto-Finnicraikahole
3Proto-Finnicrajka—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic oksa →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *oksa →Every word from Finnish oksa →