Where does “kirjanpainanta” come from?

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

kirjanpainanta (Finnish): book printing

Definitions

  1. book printing

Ancestry of “kirjanpainanta”, step by step

kirjanpainanta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish painanta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainantaprinting
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 →