Where does “nilkkapaino” come from?

nilkkapaino (Finnish) comes from Finnish paino, from Proto-Finnic painadak, from Proto-Uralic pajńa- — press.

nilkkapaino (Finnish): ankle weight

Definitions

  1. ankle weight

Ancestry of “nilkkapaino”, step by step

nilkkapaino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainoweight; press; press, weight
2Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
3Proto-Uralicpajńa-press

via Finnish nilkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnilkkaankle
Every word from Proto-Uralic pajńa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic painadak →Every word from Finnish paino →