Where does “pakastekuivatus” come from?

pakastekuivatus (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.

Ancestry of “pakastekuivatus”, step by step

pakastekuivatus 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 kuivatus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuivatusdrying the action of drying or making dry
2Finnishkuivattaato dry
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Uralic takaEvery word from Proto-Finnic takaEvery word from Finnish taka