Where does “painokoukku” come from?

painokoukku (Finnish) comes from Finnish paino, from Proto-Finnic painadak, from Proto-Uralic pajńa- — press.

painokoukku (Finnish): weighted hook, weight hook

Definitions

  1. weighted hook, weight hook

Ancestry of “painokoukku”, step by step

painokoukku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainoweight; press; press, weight
2Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
3Proto-Uralicpajńa-press

via Finnish koukku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoukkuhook; addiction; used in inessive, elative and...
2Proto-Finnickoukkuhook, hook-shaped tool
Every word from Proto-Uralic pajńa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic painadak →Every word from Finnish paino →
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