Where does “painovalmis” come from?

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

painovalmis (Finnish): print-ready

Definitions

  1. print-ready

Ancestry of “painovalmis”, step by step

painovalmis 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 valmis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalmiscompleted, finished; ready, poised, set up;...
2Proto-Finnicvalmisfinished, completed; ready
Every word from Proto-Uralic pajńa- →