Where does “sumopaini” come from?
sumopaini (Finnish) comes from Finnish paini, from Finnish painia, from Finnish painaa, from Proto-Finnic painadak, from Proto-Uralic pajńa- — press.
sumopaini (Finnish): sumo form of wrestling originating in Japan
Definitions
- sumo form of wrestling originating in Japan
Ancestry of “sumopaini”, step by step
sumopaini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish paini
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paini | wrestling; Third-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Finnish | painia | To wrestle; Partitive plural form of paini |
| 3 | Finnish | painaa | to push, press; to print; to weigh |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | painadak | to push, to press |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | pajńa- | press |
via Finnish sumo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sumo | sumo wrestling style of Japanese origin |