Where does “kaasukammio” come from?

kaasukammio (Finnish) comes from Finnish kammio, from Proto-Norse skammijǭ, from Proto-Germanic skammijǭ — little house.

kaasukammio (Finnish): gas chamber

Definitions

  1. gas chamber

Ancestry of “kaasukammio”, step by step

kaasukammio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kammio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkammiochamber; cell; ventricle
2Proto-Norseskammijǭ—
3Proto-Germanicskammijǭlittle house

via Finnish kaasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew
Every word from Proto-Germanic skammijǭ →Every word from Proto-Norse skammijǭ →Every word from Finnish kammio →