Where does “pakolinna” come from?

pakolinna (Finnish) comes from Finnish pako, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

pakolinna (Finnish): a castle into which people fled in case of an attack

Definitions

  1. a castle into which people fled in case of an attack

Ancestry of “pakolinna”, step by step

pakolinna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakoflight; escape; hole, tear
2Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish Linna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLinnacastle large fortified residential building
2Proto-Finniclitnatown, city; fortification, fortress
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →