Where does “paukkupakkanen” come from?

paukkupakkanen (Finnish) comes from Finnish paukku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

paukkupakkanen (Finnish): extremely cold weather

Definitions

  1. extremely cold weather

Ancestry of “paukkupakkanen”, step by step

paukkupakkanen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paukku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaukkudetonation; bang; shot
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish pakkanen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakkanenfrost, sub-zero temperature of ambient air; in...
2Proto-Finnicpakkainenfrost
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish paukku →