Where does “pakomatka” come from?

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

pakomatka (Finnish): getaway, run, flight, escape the trip or journey one makes while escaping

Definitions

  1. getaway, run, flight, escape the trip or journey one makes while escaping

Ancestry of “pakomatka”, step by step

pakomatka 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 matka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatkatrip; journey; distance
2Proto-Finnicmatkaway, path; journey, trip; distance
3Proto-Uralicmëtkapassage
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →
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