Where does “Itä-Pakistan” come from?

Itä-Pakistan (Finnish) comes from Finnish itä, from Proto-Finnic itä, from Proto-Uralic itä- — to appear.

Itä-Pakistan (Finnish): East Pakistan

Definitions

  1. East Pakistan

Ancestry of “Itä-Pakistan”, step by step

Itä-Pakistan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish itä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitäeast; east, eastern; East, the Orient
2Proto-Finnicitäeast
3Proto-Uralicitä-to appear

via Finnish Pakistan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPakistan—
2UrduپاکستانLand of the Pure
3Classical Persianپَاک—
Every word from Proto-Uralic itä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic itä →Every word from Finnish itä →