Where does “osakuorma” come from?

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

osakuorma (Finnish): part load, partial load

Definitions

  1. part load, partial load

Ancestry of “osakuorma”, step by step

osakuorma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish osa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosapart; piece; proportion, section
2Proto-Finnicosapart
3Proto-Uraliconćapart, share (of meat?)

via Finnish kuorma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuormaload, charge, burden
2Proto-Finnickoormaload, burden
Every word from Proto-Uralic onća →Every word from Proto-Finnic osa →Every word from Finnish osa →