Where does “hitsauskaasu” come from?

hitsauskaasu (Finnish) comes from Finnish hitsaus, from Finnish hitsata, from Swedish hitsa, from Middle Low German hitzen.

hitsauskaasu (Finnish): welding gas

Definitions

  1. welding gas

Ancestry of “hitsauskaasu”, step by step

hitsauskaasu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hitsaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhitsauswelding
2Finnishhitsatato weld
3Swedishhitsato heat, to weld
4Middle Low Germanhitzen—

via Finnish kaasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew
Every word from Middle Low German hitzen →Every word from Swedish hitsa →Every word from Finnish hitsata →
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