Where does “ossa” come from?

ossa (Finnish) comes from Finnish osoite, from Finnish osoittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

ossa (Finnish): address

Definitions

  1. address

Ancestry of “ossa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosoiteaddress
2Finnishosoittaato show; to indicate; to point
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →