Where does “peukalopaini” come from?
peukalopaini (Finnish) comes from Finnish paini, from Finnish painia, from Finnish painaa, from Proto-Finnic painadak, from Proto-Uralic pajńa- — press.
peukalopaini (Finnish): thumb war
Definitions
- thumb war
Ancestry of “peukalopaini”, step by step
peukalopaini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish paini
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paini | wrestling; Third-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Finnish | painia | To wrestle; Partitive plural form of paini |
| 3 | Finnish | painaa | to push, press; to print; to weigh |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | painadak | to push, to press |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | pajńa- | press |
via Finnish peukalo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | peukalo | thumb |