Where does “pizzapohja” come from?

pizzapohja (Finnish) comes from Finnish pohja, from Proto-Finnic pohja, from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja.

pizzapohja (Finnish): pizza crust, pizza base

Definitions

  1. pizza crust, pizza base

Ancestry of “pizzapohja”, step by step

pizzapohja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—

via Finnish pizza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpizzapizza
2Neapolitanpizzapizza
3Byzantine Greekπίταcake, pie; pie; Alternative form of πίττα , Attic...
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →Every word from Proto-Finnic pohja →Every word from Finnish pohja →