Where does “rintaosa” come from?

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

rintaosa (Finnish): chest part or section of clothing, etc

Definitions

  1. chest part or section of clothing, etc

Ancestry of “rintaosa”, step by step

rintaosa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish osa

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

via Finnish rinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrintabreast; chest, especially the front side of it
2Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma
Every word from Proto-Uralic onća →Every word from Proto-Finnic osa →Every word from Finnish osa →