Where does “painokuosi” come from?

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

painokuosi (Finnish): printed design

Definitions

  1. printed design

Ancestry of “painokuosi”, step by step

painokuosi 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 kuosi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuosipattern, design decorative appearance, such as those formed from regular repeated elements or naturally-occurring or random arrangements of shapes
Every word from Proto-Uralic pajńa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic painadak →Every word from Finnish paino →