Where does “paininpuu” come from?
paininpuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish painin, from Finnish paini, from Finnish painia, from Finnish painaa, from Proto-Finnic painadak, from Proto-Uralic pajńa- — press.
paininpuu (Finnish): a wooden tool used to press something or against which something is pressed
Definitions
- a wooden tool used to press something or against which something is pressed
Ancestry of “paininpuu”, step by step
paininpuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish painin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | painin | A press; A tool used to press an image on a... |
| 2 | Finnish | paini | wrestling; Third-person singular indicative past... |
| 3 | Finnish | painia | To wrestle; Partitive plural form of paini |
| 4 | Finnish | painaa | to push, press; to print; to weigh |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | painadak | to push, to press |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | pajńa- | press |