Where does “kirjanpainaja” come from?

kirjanpainaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish painaja, from Finnish painaa, from Proto-Finnic painadak, from Proto-Uralic pajńa- — press.

kirjanpainaja (Finnish): book printer

Definitions

  1. book printer

Ancestry of “kirjanpainaja”, step by step

kirjanpainaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish painaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainajapusher, presser one who pushes or presses
2Finnishpainaato push, press; to print; to weigh
3Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
4Proto-Uralicpajńa-press

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Uralic pajńa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic painadak →Every word from Finnish painaa →
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