Where does “painotus” come from?

painotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish painottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

painotus (Finnish): stress, emphasis

Definitions

  1. stress, emphasis

Ancestry of “painotus”, step by step

painotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish painottaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainottaato highlight, emphasize; to accent
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “painotus”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →