Where does “painaa villaisella” come from?

painaa villaisella (Finnish) comes from Finnish villainen, from Finnish villa, from Finnish Vilhelm, from Swedish Vilhelm, from Old High German Willahelm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic helm, from Proto-Germanic helmaz — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.

painaa villaisella (Finnish): to downplay, soft-pedal

Definitions

  1. to downplay, soft-pedal

Ancestry of “painaa villaisella”, step by step

painaa villaisella traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish villainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvillainenwoollen
2Finnishvillawool; villa
3FinnishVilhelmWilliam of foreign historical persons
4SwedishVilhelm—
5Old High GermanWillahelmWilliam
6Old High Germanhelmhelmet
7Proto-West Germanichelmhelmet
8Proto-Germanichelmazhelmet
9Proto-Germanichalmazhalm; stem; stalk; straw; hay
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱolh₂mosstalk
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₂-to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab

via Finnish painaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainaato push, press; to print; to weigh
2Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
3Proto-Uralicpajńa-press
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱolh₂mos →Every word from Proto-Germanic halmaz →