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Where does “painokerroin” come from?

painokerroin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kerroin, from Finnish kertoa, from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-.

painokerroin (Finnish): weight, weight coefficient

Definitions

  1. weight, weight coefficient

Ancestry of “painokerroin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkerroincoefficient, factor; index; multiplier
2Finnishkertoato tell; to multiply; to have it
3Finnishkertatime, occasion; time; times; also once, when the...
4Proto-Finnickertatime
5Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
6Proto-Turkic*keŕ-—
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