Where does “osaketalo” come from?

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

osaketalo (Finnish): a house owned by a housing company (asunto-osakeyhtiö)

Definitions

  1. a house owned by a housing company (asunto-osakeyhtiö)

Ancestry of “osaketalo”, step by step

osaketalo 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 talo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalohouse; building; farm, homestead
2Ludiantaloifarm; house
3Proto-Finnictalofarm, farmstead
4Proto-Baltictalˀa-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic onća →Every word from Proto-Finnic osa →Every word from Finnish osa →