Where does “pintapaino” come from?

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

pintapaino (Finnish): grammage mass per area of paper

Definitions

  1. grammage mass per area of paper

Ancestry of “pintapaino”, step by step

pintapaino 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 paino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainoweight; press; press, weight
2Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
3Proto-Uralicpajńa-press
Every word from Proto-Germanic spindaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic pinta →Every word from Finnish pinta →
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