Where does “jaakobinpaini” come from?

jaakobinpaini (Finnish) comes from Finnish paini, from Finnish painia, from Finnish painaa, from Proto-Finnic painadak, from Proto-Uralic pajńa- — press.

jaakobinpaini (Finnish): Jacob wrestling with the angel

Definitions

  1. Jacob wrestling with the angel

Ancestry of “jaakobinpaini”, step by step

jaakobinpaini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainiwrestling; Third-person singular indicative past...
2FinnishpainiaTo wrestle; Partitive plural form of paini
3Finnishpainaato push, press; to print; to weigh
4Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
5Proto-Uralicpajńa-press

via Finnish Jaakob

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishJaakobJacob, James
2Ancient GreekἸακώβJacob
3HebrewיַעֲקֹבJacob
4Hebrewעָקֵבheel of the foot; heel
Every word from Proto-Uralic pajńa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic painadak →Every word from Finnish painaa →