Where does “hukkaputki” come from?

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

hukkaputki (Finnish): spill pipe

Definitions

  1. spill pipe

Ancestry of “hukkaputki”, step by step

hukkaputki 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 hukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhukkawaste, loss; often used as head of compound...
2Proto-Finnichukkaloss; ruin, destruction
Every word from Proto-Uralic pučke →Every word from Proto-Finnic pucki →Every word from Finnish putki →