Where does “painonasta” come from?

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

painonasta (Finnish): (short) tack, stud

Definitions

  1. (short) tack, stud

Ancestry of “painonasta”, step by step

painonasta 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 nasta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnastathumbtack; pin; stud
Every word from Proto-Uralic pajńa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic painadak →Every word from Finnish paino →