Where does “pienipainoinen” come from?

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

pienipainoinen (Finnish): low-weight

Definitions

  1. low-weight

Ancestry of “pienipainoinen”, step by step

pienipainoinen 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 pieni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
Every word from Proto-Uralic pajńa- →