Where does “virhepainama” come from?

virhepainama (Finnish) comes from Finnish painama, from Finnish painaa, from Proto-Finnic painadak, from Proto-Uralic pajńa- — press.

virhepainama (Finnish): error, misprint such as of postage stamps

Definitions

  1. error, misprint such as of postage stamps

Ancestry of “virhepainama”, step by step

virhepainama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish painama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainamapressed part, dent
2Finnishpainaato push, press; to print; to weigh
3Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
4Proto-Uralicpajńa-press

via Finnish virhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirhemistake; error; flaw
Every word from Proto-Uralic pajńa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic painadak →Every word from Finnish painaa →
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