Where does “painekorkeus” come from?

painekorkeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish paine, from Proto-Finnic painek, from Proto-Finnic -ek, from Proto-Uralic -ek — Forms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...

painekorkeus (Finnish): pressure altitude

Definitions

  1. pressure altitude

Ancestry of “painekorkeus”, step by step

painekorkeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainepressure
2Proto-Finnicpainekpressure; emphasis
3Proto-Finnic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...
4Proto-Uralic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...

via Finnish korkeus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorkeusheight; altitude
2Proto-Finnickorkeducheight; altitude
3Proto-Finnickorkedatall, high
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ek →