Where does “elopaino” come from?

elopaino (Finnish) comes from Finnish paino, from Proto-Finnic painadak, from Proto-Uralic pajńa- — press.

elopaino (Finnish): live weight

Definitions

  1. live weight

Ancestry of “elopaino”, step by step

elopaino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainoweight; press; press, weight
2Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
3Proto-Uralicpajńa-press

via Finnish Elo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishElolife, living
2Proto-Samicealōreindeer herd
Every word from Proto-Uralic pajńa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic painadak →Every word from Finnish paino →