Where does “osa” come from?

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

osa (Finnish): part; piece; proportion, section

Definitions

  1. part; piece; proportion, section

Ancestry of “osa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicosapart
2Proto-Uraliconćapart, share (of meat?)

Words derived from “osa

Every word from Proto-Uralic onća