Where does “kaasuähky” come from?

kaasuähky (Finnish) comes from Finnish ähky, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

kaasuähky (Finnish): gas colic

Definitions

  1. gas colic

Ancestry of “kaasuähky”, step by step

kaasuähky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ähky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishähkyhorse colic; swell; colic
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish kaasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish ähky →
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