Where does “pakkastulppa” come from?

pakkastulppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish tulppa, from Proto-Germanic *stulpô, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

pakkastulppa (Finnish): freeze plug, core plug

Definitions

  1. freeze plug, core plug

Ancestry of “pakkastulppa”, step by step

pakkastulppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tulppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtulppaA plug; A spigot; A stopper
2Proto-Germanic*stulpôpost, pole, column
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Finnish pakkanen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakkanenfrost, sub-zero temperature of ambient air; in...
2Proto-Finnicpakkainenfrost
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →