Where does “pintaliidin” come from?
pintaliidin (Finnish) comes from Finnish liidin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
Ancestry of “pintaliidin”, step by step
pintaliidin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liidin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liidin | glider; First-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish pinta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pinta | surface |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pinta | surface; sapwood; fat |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spindaz | fat; lard; grease; smear; marrow |