Where does “punnituspussi” come from?
punnituspussi (Finnish) comes from Finnish punnitus, 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 — to stretch.
punnituspussi (Finnish): weighing bag
Definitions
- weighing bag
Ancestry of “punnituspussi”, step by step
punnituspussi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish punnitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | punnitus | weighing measuring the weight of |
| 2 | Finnish | punnita | to weigh; to evaluate, consider, test |
| 3 | Finnish | punta | pound |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | punta | unit of weight |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 6 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |