Where does “pituuspaino” come from?

pituuspaino (Finnish) comes from Finnish paino, from Proto-Finnic painadak, from Proto-Uralic pajńa- — press.

pituuspaino (Finnish): weight relative to other people of the same height

Definitions

  1. weight relative to other people of the same height

Ancestry of “pituuspaino”, step by step

pituuspaino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainoweight; press; press, weight
2Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
3Proto-Uralicpajńa-press

via Finnish pituus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpituuslength; longitude; height
2Proto-Finnicpiduclength
Every word from Proto-Uralic pajńa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic painadak →Every word from Finnish paino →
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