Where does “painolevy” come from?
painolevy (Finnish) comes from Finnish paino, from Proto-Finnic painadak, from Proto-Uralic pajńa- — press.
painolevy (Finnish): weight plate
Ancestry of “painolevy”, step by step
painolevy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish paino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paino | weight; press; press, weight |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | painadak | to push, to press |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | pajńa- | press |
via Finnish levy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | levy | plate; board; slab |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |