Where does “osanäyte” come from?
osanäyte (Finnish) comes from Finnish näyte, from Finnish näyttää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
osanäyte (Finnish): subsample, part of a sample
Definitions
- subsample, part of a sample
Ancestry of “osanäyte”, step by step
osanäyte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish näyte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näyte | sample, specimen |
| 2 | Finnish | näyttää | to show, present; to seem to do, appear to do; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish osa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | osa | part; piece; proportion, section |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | osa | part |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | onća | part, share (of meat?) |