Where does “pakkaskeli” come from?

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

pakkaskeli (Finnish): sub-zero temperature weather conditions, freezing weather conditions

Definitions

  1. sub-zero temperature weather conditions, freezing weather conditions

Ancestry of “pakkaskeli”, step by step

pakkaskeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pakkanen

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

via Finnish keli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeliweather conditions relating specifically to...
Every word from Proto-Finnic pakkainenEvery word from Finnish pakkanen
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