Where does “pakko-oire” come from?

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

pakko-oire (Finnish): obsession, compulsion pathological need to do something

Definitions

  1. obsession, compulsion pathological need to do something

Ancestry of “pakko-oire”, step by step

pakko-oire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pakko

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

via Finnish oire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoiresymptom; sign

Words derived from “pakko-oire”

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