Where does “pehmoporno” come from?

pehmoporno (Finnish) comes from Finnish pehmo, from Finnish pehmeä, from Proto-Finnic pehmedä — soft.

pehmoporno (Finnish): softcore porn

Definitions

  1. softcore porn

Ancestry of “pehmoporno”, step by step

pehmoporno traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pehmo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpehmosofty; When used as modifier in a compound term,...
2Finnishpehmeäsoft; silky; smooth
3Proto-Finnicpehmedäsoft

via Finnish porno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpornoClipping of pornografia; porn; pornographic, porn
Every word from Proto-Finnic pehmedäEvery word from Finnish pehmeäEvery word from Finnish pehmo