Where does “ossi” come from?

ossi (Finnish) comes from German Ossi, from German Osten, from Old High German ostan, from Proto-Germanic austrą, from Proto-Germanic austraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros — in the direction of dawn, east.

ossi (Finnish): A person from the former East Germany

Definitions

  1. A person from the former East Germany

Ancestry of “ossi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOssiA person from East Germany
2GermanOstenEast; The territory of the former GDR
3Old High Germanostan—
4Proto-Germanicaustrąeast; east, eastward
5Proto-Germanicaustrazeast, eastern
6Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwsterosin the direction of dawn, east
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros →Every word from Proto-Germanic austraz →Every word from Proto-Germanic austrą →