Where does “eläkeputki” come from?

eläkeputki (Finnish) comes from Finnish eläke, from Finnish -ke, from Finnish -kkä, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

eläkeputki (Finnish): right of a person who is (old enough and) unemployed in the long term to earn additional days of unemployment allowance until their old-age pension begins

Definitions

  1. right of a person who is (old enough and) unemployed in the long term to earn additional days of unemployment allowance until their old-age pension begins

Ancestry of “eläkeputki”, step by step

eläkeputki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish eläke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheläkepension
2Finnish-keForms diminutive forms of nouns; Forms nouns from...
3Finnish-kkäFront vowel variant of -kka
4Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
5Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
6Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish putki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishputkitube, pipe; duct, conduit; barrel
2Proto-Finnicpuckiplant with a hollow stem, especially various plants of genus Angelica
3Proto-Uralicpučkehollow plant stalk
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ucEvery word from Finnish -inenEvery word from Finnish -uus