Where does “painonpudotus” come from?

painonpudotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish pudotus, from Finnish pudottaa, from Finnish pudota, from Proto-Finnic pudot'ak — to fall off.

painonpudotus (Finnish): weight loss, losing weight

Definitions

  1. weight loss, losing weight

Ancestry of “painonpudotus”, step by step

painonpudotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pudotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpudotusfall; act of dropping; dropdown
2FinnishpudottaaTo drop
3Finnishpudotato fall (from an elevated position); to fall down, fall off; to drop, slip
4Proto-Finnicpudot'akto fall off

via Finnish paino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainoweight; press; press, weight
2Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
3Proto-Uralicpajńa-press
Every word from Proto-Finnic pudot'ak →Every word from Finnish pudota →Every word from Finnish pudottaa →