Where does “pintakorjaus” come from?

pintakorjaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish pinta, from Proto-Finnic pinta, from Proto-Germanic spindaz — fat; lard; grease; smear; marrow.

pintakorjaus (Finnish): surface repair

Definitions

  1. surface repair

Ancestry of “pintakorjaus”, step by step

pintakorjaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpintasurface
2Proto-Finnicpintasurface; sapwood; fat
3Proto-Germanicspindazfat; lard; grease; smear; marrow

via Finnish korjaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorjauscorrection; fix; repair
2Finnishkorjatato fix; to repair; to mend, darn, alter
3Proto-Finnickorjat'akto pick, to collect
Every word from Proto-Germanic spindaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic pinta →Every word from Finnish pinta →