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

Definitions

  1. share buyer

Ancestry of “osakkeenostaja”, step by step

osakkeenostaja 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 ostaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishostajaA buyer
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle
Every word from Proto-Uralic onćaEvery word from Proto-Finnic osaEvery word from Finnish osa