Where does “kaasuhella” come from?

kaasuhella (Finnish) comes from Finnish Hellä, from Swedish håll, from Swedish plats, from Old Swedish platz, from Old Norse plaz, from Middle Low German platse, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα — flat.

kaasuhella (Finnish): gas stove, gas range, gas cooker

Definitions

  1. gas stove, gas range, gas cooker

Ancestry of “kaasuhella”, step by step

kaasuhella traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Hellä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishHellä
2Swedishhålla stop, a station; a direction; a range, a...
3Swedishplatsplace; any geographical position a little larger...
4Old Swedishplatz
5Old Norseplaz
6Middle Low Germanplatse
7Latinplatēabroad way, street
8Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
9Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

via Finnish kaasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂usEvery word from Ancient Greek πλατύς