Where does “osake-enemmistö” come from?

osake-enemmistö (Finnish) comes from Finnish enemmistö, from Finnish enempi, from Finnish enä, from Proto-Finnic enä, from Proto-Uralic enä — big.

osake-enemmistö (Finnish): majority of shares

Definitions

  1. majority of shares

Ancestry of “osake-enemmistö”, step by step

osake-enemmistö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish enemmistö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishenemmistömajority
2Finnishenempifurther
3Finnishenälarge, abundant, much
4Proto-Finnicenäbig
5Proto-Uralicenäbig

via Finnish osake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosakeshare; apartment in a housing cooperative or...
2Finnishosapart; piece; proportion, section
3Proto-Finnicosapart
4Proto-Uraliconćapart, share (of meat?)
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