Where does “lisenssipakko” come from?

lisenssipakko (Finnish) comes from Finnish pakko, from Proto-Finnic pakko — block of wood.

lisenssipakko (Finnish): requirement to have a license

Definitions

  1. requirement to have a license

Ancestry of “lisenssipakko”, step by step

lisenssipakko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakkoobligation, force, necessity, compulsion;...
2Proto-Finnicpakkoblock of wood

via Finnish lisenssi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlisenssilicense
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