Where does “oksantynkä” come from?

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

oksantynkä (Finnish): stump of a branch, snag

Definitions

  1. stump of a branch, snag

Ancestry of “oksantynkä”, step by step

oksantynkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish oksa

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

via Finnish tynkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtynkästump, stub; snub
2Proto-Finnictünkästump, stub
3Proto-Uralictüŋebase of a tree, stump
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