Where does “maanpaine” come from?

maanpaine (Finnish) comes from Finnish paine, from Proto-Finnic painek, from Proto-Finnic -ek, from Proto-Uralic -ek — Forms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...

maanpaine (Finnish): earth pressure

Definitions

  1. earth pressure

Ancestry of “maanpaine”, step by step

maanpaine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainepressure
2Proto-Finnicpainekpressure; emphasis
3Proto-Finnic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...
4Proto-Uralic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...

via Finnish mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ek →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ek →Every word from Proto-Finnic painek →