Where does “pakkorako” come from?

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

pakkorako (Finnish): a situation where one is forced to do something

Definitions

  1. a situation where one is forced to do something

Ancestry of “pakkorako”, step by step

pakkorako traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pakko

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

via Finnish rako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrakoslit, slot; crack; chink
2Proto-Finnicrakocrack
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