Where does “valttipakko” come from?
valttipakko (Finnish) comes from Finnish pakko, from Proto-Finnic pakko — block of wood.
valttipakko (Finnish): requirement to play the trump suit (if possible); usually overridden by the requirement to follow suit (maapakko)
Definitions
- requirement to play the trump suit (if possible); usually overridden by the requirement to follow suit (maapakko)
Ancestry of “valttipakko”, step by step
valttipakko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.