Where does “osakesarja” come from?
osakesarja (Finnish) comes from Finnish osake, from Finnish osa, from Proto-Finnic osa, from Proto-Uralic onća — part, share (of meat?).
osakesarja (Finnish): series of shares
Ancestry of “osakesarja”, step by step
osakesarja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish osake
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | osake | share; apartment in a housing cooperative or... |
| 2 | Finnish | osa | part; piece; proportion, section |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | osa | part |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | onća | part, share (of meat?) |
via Finnish sarja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sarja | series; chain, sequence, succession, train; set |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sarja | row of laths or battens; a board made of laths |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | śarja | lath, batten, bar |