Where does “osittaistuenta” come from?

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

osittaistuenta (Finnish): partial pivoting

Definitions

  1. partial pivoting

Ancestry of “osittaistuenta”, step by step

osittaistuenta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish osittainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosittainenpartial
2Finnishosittainpartly
3Finnishosapart; piece; proportion, section
4Proto-Finnicosapart
5Proto-Uraliconćapart, share (of meat?)

via Finnish tuenta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuentasupporting
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic onćaEvery word from Proto-Finnic osaEvery word from Finnish osa
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