Where does “pinnistää” come from?

pinnistää (Finnish) comes from Finnish ponnistaa, from Finnish ponsi, from Proto-Finnic ponci, from Proto-Finno-Permic ponte.

pinnistää (Finnish): to push, to strain

Definitions

  1. to push, to strain

Ancestry of “pinnistää”, step by step

pinnistää traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ponnistaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishponnistaaTo push; to bear down; To push off, leap, jump;...
2Finnishponsianther; motion; pommel, knob
3Proto-Finnicponciknob, handle, grip
4Proto-Finno-Permicponte—

via Finnish pingottaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpingottaato stretch, tension; to study hard
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish pinne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpinneAny device or part that keeps something in its...
2Proto-Finno-Ugricpintä-to close, cover

Words derived from “pinnistää”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic ponte →Every word from Proto-Finnic ponci →Every word from Finnish ponsi →