Where does “pakistaa” come from?

pakistaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish pakko, from Proto-Finnic pakko — block of wood.

pakistaa (Finnish): to strain oneself

Definitions

  1. to strain oneself

Ancestry of “pakistaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakkoobligation, force, necessity, compulsion;...
2Proto-Finnicpakkoblock of wood
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