Where does “lahjapakkaus” come from?
lahjapakkaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish pakkaus, from Finnish pakata, from Swedish packa, from Middle Low German packen, from Old Saxon pakko, from Frankish pakkō, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.
lahjapakkaus (Finnish): gift box, gift package
Definitions
- gift box, gift package
Ancestry of “lahjapakkaus”, step by step
lahjapakkaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pakkaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pakkaus | package; compression |
| 2 | Finnish | pakata | to pack; to pack, package or wrap; to cram, pack,... |
| 3 | Swedish | packa | to pack; to stow things into a pack e.g. as to be... |
| 4 | Middle Low German | packen | to pack |
| 5 | Old Saxon | pakko | — |
| 6 | Frankish | pakkō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | pakkô | bundle; pack; package |