Where does “pahka” come from?

pahka (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic pahka, from Proto-Uralic pakša.

pahka (Finnish): burl US, bur, burr, gnarl tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner

Definitions

  1. burl US, bur, burr, gnarl tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner

Ancestry of “pahka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpahkaburl, burr, gnarl
2Proto-Uralicpakša

Words derived from “pahka

Every word from Proto-Uralic pakšaEvery word from Proto-Finnic pahka
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