Where does “painautuma” come from?

painautuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish painautua, from Finnish -utua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

painautuma (Finnish): pushed or sunken spot, inward dent, depression

Definitions

  1. pushed or sunken spot, inward dent, depression

Ancestry of “painautuma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainautuato press oneself; to nestle; to huddle
2Finnish-utua—
3Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →Every word from Finnish -utua →