Where does “osavastaus” come from?

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

osavastaus (Finnish): partial answer

Definitions

  1. partial answer

Ancestry of “osavastaus”, step by step

osavastaus 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 vastaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvastausanswer, reply, response
2Finnishvastatato answer, to reply; to respond
3Proto-Finnicvastat'akto answer, to reply
Every word from Proto-Uralic onća →Every word from Proto-Finnic osa →Every word from Finnish osa →