Where does “osakäänüs” come from?

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

osakäänüs (Võro): partitive case

Definitions

  1. partitive case

Ancestry of “osakäänüs”, step by step

osakäänüs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Võro osa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Võroosapart
2Proto-Finnicosapart
3Proto-Uraliconćapart, share (of meat?)

via Võro käänüs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Võrokäänüslapel; case; person
Every word from Proto-Uralic onća →Every word from Proto-Finnic osa →Every word from Võro osa →