Where does “pitsapohja” come from?

pitsapohja (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitsa, from Italian pizza, from Neapolitan pizza, from Byzantine Greek πίτα — cake, pie; pie; Alternative form of πίττα , Attic...

Ancestry of “pitsapohja”, step by step

pitsapohja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpitsaAlternative form of pizza; pizza
2Italianpizzapizza; reel; something very monotonous and...
3Neapolitanpizzapizza
4Byzantine Greekπίταcake, pie; pie; Alternative form of πίττα , Attic...

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja
Every word from Byzantine Greek πίταEvery word from Neapolitan pizzaEvery word from Italian pizza