Where does “osio” come from?

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

osio (Finnish): item, section; partition

Definitions

  1. item, section; partition

Ancestry of “osio”, step by step

osio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish osa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosapart; piece; proportion, section
2Proto-Finnicosapart
3Proto-Uraliconćapart, share (of meat?)

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian siwa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansiwanine
2Proto-AustronesianSiwanine

Words derived from “osio”

Every word from Proto-Uralic onća →