Where does “kirjapainotaito” come from?

kirjapainotaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish Taito, from Finnish taito, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

kirjapainotaito (Finnish): printing, printing press process or technique of manufacturing printed material such as books

Definitions

  1. printing, printing press process or technique of manufacturing printed material such as books

Ancestry of “kirjapainotaito”, step by step

kirjapainotaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Taito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTaitoskill capacity to do something well, particularly one that is acquired or learned
2Finnishtaitoskill; art
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w

via Finnish kirjapaino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjapainoprinter's, printing house
2Finnishkirjabook; quire
3Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Uralic -wEvery word from Finnish -oEvery word from Proto-Finnic -o