Where does “enimmäispaino” come from?

enimmäispaino (Finnish) comes from Finnish enimmäinen, from Finnish enin, from Finnish enä, from Proto-Finnic enä, from Proto-Uralic enä — big.

enimmäispaino (Finnish): maximum weight

Definitions

  1. maximum weight

Ancestry of “enimmäispaino”, step by step

enimmäispaino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish enimmäinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishenimmäinenmaximal
2Finnisheninthe most
3Finnishenälarge, abundant, much
4Proto-Finnicenäbig
5Proto-Uralicenäbig

via Finnish paino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainoweight; press; press, weight
2Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
3Proto-Uralicpajńa-press
Every word from Proto-Uralic enä →Every word from Proto-Finnic enä →Every word from Finnish enä →