Where does “pakasteateria” come from?

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

pakasteateria (Finnish): frozen meal

Definitions

  1. frozen meal

Ancestry of “pakasteateria”, step by step

pakasteateria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pakaste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakastefrozen food
2Finnishpakastaato freeze to a low for long-term storage; to...
3FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
4Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
5Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
6Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish ateria

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishateriameal
Every word from Proto-Uralic takaEvery word from Proto-Finnic takaEvery word from Finnish taka
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