Where does “painoyksikkö” come from?

painoyksikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish yksikkö, from Finnish -kkö, from Proto-Finnic -kkoi — Forms diminutive nouns.

painoyksikkö (Finnish): unit of weight

Definitions

  1. unit of weight

Ancestry of “painoyksikkö”, step by step

painoyksikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yksikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyksikköunit; singular; single
2Finnish-kköFront vowel variant of -kko
3Proto-Finnic-kkoiForms diminutive nouns

via Finnish paino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainoweight; press; press, weight
2Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
3Proto-Uralicpajńa-press
Every word from Proto-Finnic -kkoi →Every word from Finnish -kkö →Every word from Finnish yksikkö →