Where does “osallistujalahja” come from?
osallistujalahja (Finnish) comes from Finnish osallistuja, from Finnish osallistua, from Finnish osallistaa, from Finnish osallinen, from Finnish osa, from Finnish osamäärä, from Finnish määrä, from Old East Slavic мѣра — to measure.
osallistujalahja (Finnish): party favor
Ancestry of “osallistujalahja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | osallistuja | participant |
| 2 | Finnish | osallistua | To participate in, take part in, partake in, be... |
| 3 | Finnish | osallistaa | — |
| 4 | Finnish | osallinen | involved, participating; complicit |
| 5 | Finnish | osa | part; piece; proportion, section |
| 6 | Finnish | osamäärä | A quotient |
| 7 | Finnish | määrä | amount, quantity; count, number; aim, target,... |
| 8 | Old East Slavic | мѣра | — |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | měra | measure |
| 10 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | mḗˀrāˀ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁-reh₂ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |