Where does “osapalkka” come from?

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

osapalkka (Finnish): partial pay, part pay

Definitions

  1. partial pay, part pay

Ancestry of “osapalkka”, step by step

osapalkka 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 palkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalkkapay, salary, wage; compensation, remuneration
2Proto-Finnicpalkkapay, salary, reward
Every word from Proto-Uralic onća →Every word from Proto-Finnic osa →Every word from Finnish osa →