Where does “osakkeenostaja” come from?
osakkeenostaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish osake, from Finnish osa, from Proto-Finnic osa, from Proto-Uralic onća — part, share (of meat?).
osakkeenostaja (Finnish): share buyer
Ancestry of “osakkeenostaja”, step by step
osakkeenostaja 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 ostaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ostaja | A buyer |
| 2 | Finnish | -ja | -er |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ja | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ja | Forms the present participle |