Where does “emäputki” come from?

emäputki (Finnish) comes from Finnish putki, from Proto-Finnic pucki, from Proto-Uralic pučke — hollow plant stalk.

emäputki (Finnish): headtube, head tube part of a tubular bicycle's frame in which the front fork steerer tube is mounted

Definitions

  1. headtube, head tube part of a tubular bicycle's frame in which the front fork steerer tube is mounted

Ancestry of “emäputki”, step by step

emäputki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish emä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishemämother; mother of an animal, dam; womb
2Proto-Finnicemämother
3Proto-Uralicemämother
Every word from Proto-Uralic pučke →Every word from Proto-Finnic pucki →Every word from Finnish putki →