Where does “pakkasjakso” come from?

pakkasjakso (Finnish) comes from Finnish jakso, from Finnish jaksaa, from Proto-Finnic jaksadak, from Proto-Finno-Permic jaksa-.

pakkasjakso (Finnish): period of freezing temperatures, frosty period, cold snap, freeze

Definitions

  1. period of freezing temperatures, frosty period, cold snap, freeze

Ancestry of “pakkasjakso”, step by step

pakkasjakso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jakso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjaksoperiod; episode; passage
2Finnishjaksaato manage, to have enough strength; to manage, to...
3Proto-Finnicjaksadakto manage, to be able to
4Proto-Finno-Permicjaksa-—

via Finnish pakkanen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakkanenfrost, sub-zero temperature of ambient air; in...
2Proto-Finnicpakkainenfrost
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic jaksa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic jaksadak →Every word from Finnish jaksaa →
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