Where does “otso” come from?
otso (Finnish) comes from Finnish Ohto, from Finnish oksi, from Proto-Finnic okci, from Proto-Finnic okte.
otso (Finnish): bear
Ancestry of “otso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Ohto | — |
| 2 | Finnish | oksi | bear; Third-person singular indicative past form... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | okci | bear |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | okte | — |