Where does “pakastekakku” come from?

pakastekakku (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.

pakastekakku (Finnish): (premade) frozen cake

Definitions

  1. (premade) frozen cake

Ancestry of “pakastekakku”, step by step

pakastekakku 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 kakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkakkucake; pie; honeycomb
2Proto-Germanickakǭcake
3Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump
Every word from Proto-Uralic takaEvery word from Proto-Finnic takaEvery word from Finnish taka
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