Where does “osayhdistys” come from?

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

osayhdistys (Finnish): subassociation

Definitions

  1. subassociation

Ancestry of “osayhdistys”, step by step

osayhdistys 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 yhdistys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhdistysassociation
2Finnishyhdistääto connect, join, combine; to unite; to conflate
3Finnish-istaa-ize/-ise; Occasionally used for other purposes,...
Every word from Proto-Uralic onća →Every word from Proto-Finnic osa →Every word from Finnish osa →