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

Definitions

  1. refuge, retreat, hideout

Ancestry of “pakopaikka”, step by step

pakopaikka 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 paikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaikkaplace, location, spot, site; area, region,...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*paikka
3Proto-Germanicspaikǭspoke
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspēy-to stretch; thrive; succeed
Every word from Proto-Uralic -wEvery word from Finnish -oEvery word from Proto-Finnic -o