Where does “pakkashuuru” come from?

pakkashuuru (Finnish) comes from Finnish pakkanen, from Proto-Finnic pakkainen — frost.

pakkashuuru (Finnish): freezing mist, freezing fog

Definitions

  1. freezing mist, freezing fog

Ancestry of “pakkashuuru”, step by step

pakkashuuru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pakkanen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakkanenfrost, sub-zero temperature of ambient air; in...
2Proto-Finnicpakkainenfrost

via Finnish huuru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuuruvapour/vapor; mist, fog; condensed vapour
Every word from Proto-Finnic pakkainenEvery word from Finnish pakkanen