Where does “jarruputki” come from?

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

jarruputki (Finnish): brake pipe

Definitions

  1. brake pipe

Ancestry of “jarruputki”, step by step

jarruputki 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 jarru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjarrubrake; bromide
Every word from Proto-Uralic pučke →Every word from Proto-Finnic pucki →Every word from Finnish putki →