Where does “raamatunpainos” come from?
raamatunpainos (Finnish) comes from Finnish painos, from Finnish painaa, from Proto-Finnic painadak, from Proto-Uralic pajńa- — press.
raamatunpainos (Finnish): Bible edition
Ancestry of “raamatunpainos”, step by step
raamatunpainos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish painos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | painos | edition |
| 2 | Finnish | painaa | to push, press; to print; to weigh |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | painadak | to push, to press |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | pajńa- | press |
via Finnish raamattu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | raamattu | A bible |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | грамота | alphabet, writing; ability to read and write;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γράμματα | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of γράμμα |