Where does “kirjapaino” come from?

kirjapaino (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirja, from Proto-Finnic kirja — decoration, carving, pattern.

kirjapaino (Finnish): printer's, printing house

Definitions

  1. printer's, printing house

Ancestry of “kirjapaino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern

Words derived from “kirjapaino”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kirja →Every word from Finnish kirja →