Where does “painomitta” come from?

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

painomitta (Finnish): weight unit, unit of weight

Definitions

  1. weight unit, unit of weight

Ancestry of “painomitta”, step by step

painomitta 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 mitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmittameasure; length, measure
2Proto-Finnicmittameasure
Every word from Proto-Uralic pajńa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic painadak →Every word from Finnish paino →