Where does “otosalue” come from?

otosalue (Finnish) comes from Finnish otos, from Finnish ottaa, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

otosalue (Finnish): sample area

Definitions

  1. sample area

Ancestry of “otosalue”, step by step

otosalue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish otos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishotossample; take; snap, photo
2Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
3Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic vottadak →Every word from Finnish ottaa →
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