Where does “ruhonosa” come from?

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

ruhonosa (Finnish): part of an animal body or carcass

Definitions

  1. part of an animal body or carcass

Ancestry of “ruhonosa”, step by step

ruhonosa 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 ruho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruhocarcass, dead body
Every word from Proto-Uralic onća →Every word from Proto-Finnic osa →Every word from Finnish osa →