Where does “osuus” come from?

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

osuus (Finnish): share, part; section of a road or track

Definitions

  1. share, part; section of a road or track

Ancestry of “osuus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “osuus”

Every word from Proto-Uralic onća →Every word from Proto-Finnic osa →Every word from Finnish osa →