Where does “kaasuonkalo” come from?

kaasuonkalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaasu, from Proto-Uralic käsä — dew.

kaasuonkalo (Finnish): blowhole

Definitions

  1. blowhole

Ancestry of “kaasuonkalo”, step by step

kaasuonkalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew

via Finnish onkalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonkalocavity, pit
Every word from Proto-Uralic käsä →Every word from Finnish kaasu →