Where does “pakopaikka” come from?
pakopaikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish pako, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
pakopaikka (Finnish): refuge, retreat, hideout
Ancestry of “pakopaikka”, step by step
pakopaikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pako
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pako | flight; escape; hole, tear |
| 2 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish paikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paikka | place, location, spot, site; area, region,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *paikka | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spaikǭ | spoke |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | spēy- | to stretch; thrive; succeed |