Where does “päinmakuu” come from?

päinmakuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish makuu, from Finnish -uu, from Finnish -au, from Finnish -ao, from Proto-Finnic -ado, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

päinmakuu (Finnish): lying face down, lying prone

Definitions

  1. lying face down, lying prone

Ancestry of “päinmakuu”, step by step

päinmakuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish makuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmakuulying; sleeping
2Finnish-uuForms nouns from verbs
3Finnish-au—
4Finnish-ao—
5Proto-Finnic-ado—
6Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
7Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish päin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäinagainst, to, on etc; Used to indicate approximate...
2Finnishpäähead; end, tip
3Proto-Finnicpäähead
4Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Finnish -uu →