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Where does “pakaste” come from?

pakaste (Finnish) comes from Finnish pakastaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

pakaste (Finnish): frozen food

Definitions

  1. frozen food

Ancestry of “pakaste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakastaato freeze to a low for long-term storage; to...
2FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
3Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
4Proto-Finnictaka—
5Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

Words derived from “pakaste”

  • pakastekuivattaa
  • pakastevihannes
  • pakastelokero
  • pakastinlokero
  • pakastekala
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