Where does “pakastekuivain” come from?

pakastekuivain (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.

pakastekuivain (Finnish): freeze dryer

Definitions

  1. freeze dryer

Ancestry of “pakastekuivain”, step by step

pakastekuivain 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 kuivain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuivaindryer; Genitive plural form of kuiva
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
4Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Uralic takaEvery word from Proto-Finnic takaEvery word from Finnish taka