Where does “tasapohja” come from?

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

tasapohja (Finnish): flat bottom

Definitions

  1. flat bottom

Ancestry of “tasapohja”, step by step

tasapohja 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 tasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
2Proto-Finnictasaeven
3Proto-Uralictaśaeven
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →Every word from Proto-Finnic pohja →Every word from Finnish pohja →