Where does “punnitsija” come from?
punnitsija (Finnish) comes from Finnish punnita, from Finnish punta, from Proto-Finnic punta, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénd-os, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
punnitsija (Finnish): A weigher
Definitions
- A weigher
Ancestry of “punnitsija”, step by step
punnitsija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish punnita
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | punnita | to weigh; to evaluate, consider, test |
| 2 | Finnish | punta | pound |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | punta | unit of weight |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 5 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |