Where does “osakekirja” come from?

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

osakekirja (Finnish): stock certificate

Definitions

  1. stock certificate

Ancestry of “osakekirja”, step by step

osakekirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish osake

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

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Uralic onća →Every word from Proto-Finnic osa →Every word from Finnish osa →