Etymology Explorer › Finnish

Where does “osu” come from?

osu (Finnish) comes from Finnish osua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk.

osu (Finnish): Indicative present connegative form of osua;...

Definitions

  1. Indicative present connegative form of osua;...

Ancestry of “osu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishosuaTo hit, strike, get
2Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
3Proto-Finnic-üdäk—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →