Where does “ostelu” come from?

ostelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish ostella, from Finnish ostaa, from Proto-Finnic ostadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

ostelu (Finnish): shopping

Definitions

  1. shopping

Ancestry of “ostelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishostellaTo shop, buy ; to make impulsive purchases
2FinnishostaaTo buy, purchase
3Proto-Finnicostadakto buy
4Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ostadak →Every word from Finnish ostaa →
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