Where does “kaasunaamari” come from?
kaasunaamari (Finnish) comes from Finnish naamari, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
kaasunaamari (Finnish): gas mask
Ancestry of “kaasunaamari”, step by step
kaasunaamari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish naamari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | naamari | mask |
| 2 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 4 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish kaasu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaasu | gas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | käsä | dew |