Where does “pintarouta” come from?

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

pintarouta (Finnish): surface frost

Definitions

  1. surface frost

Ancestry of “pintarouta”, step by step

pintarouta 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 routa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishroutaground frost
2Proto-Finnicroutafrost in the ground
Every word from Proto-Germanic spindaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic pinta →Every word from Finnish pinta →