Where does “oy” come from?

oy (Finnish) comes from Finnish osakeyhtiö, from Finnish yhtiö, from Finnish -io, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

oy (Finnish): LLC

Definitions

  1. LLC

Ancestry of “oy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosakeyhtiölimited liability company
2Finnishyhtiöcompany, corporation
3Finnish-ioForms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms...
4Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
6Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →