Where does “jalokaasu” come from?

jalokaasu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaasu, from Proto-Uralic käsä — dew.

jalokaasu (Finnish): noble gas

Definitions

  1. noble gas

Ancestry of “jalokaasu”, step by step

jalokaasu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew

via Finnish jalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalonoble; fine, refined
Every word from Proto-Uralic käsä →Every word from Finnish kaasu →
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