Where does “pakopurje” come from?
pakopurje (Finnish) comes from Finnish pako, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
pakopurje (Finnish): studding sail
Ancestry of “pakopurje”, step by step
pakopurje 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 purje
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | purje | sail; rag, sheet |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | purjeh | sail |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | buriz | male offspring; son; elevation; hill; favourable... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |