Where does “painostus” come from?

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

painostus (Finnish): pressure, heat

Definitions

  1. pressure, heat

Ancestry of “painostus”, step by step

painostus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish painostaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainostaato coerce, to put pressure on, pressurize,...
2Finnishpainoweight; press; press, weight
3Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
4Proto-Uralicpajńa-press

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “painostus”

Every word from Proto-Uralic pajńa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic painadak →Every word from Finnish paino →