Where does “ominaispaino” come from?

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

ominaispaino (Finnish): specific gravity

Definitions

  1. specific gravity

Ancestry of “ominaispaino”, step by step

ominaispaino 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 ominainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishominainentypical, characteristic
2Finnishnainenwoman; lady; first-person singular potential...
3Proto-Finnicnainenwoman; wife
Every word from Proto-Uralic pajńa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic painadak →Every word from Finnish paino →