Where does “kaasuputki” come from?

kaasuputki (Finnish) comes from Finnish putki, from Proto-Finnic pucki, from Proto-Uralic pučke — hollow plant stalk.

kaasuputki (Finnish): gas pipeline

Definitions

  1. gas pipeline

Ancestry of “kaasuputki”, step by step

kaasuputki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish putki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishputkitube, pipe; duct, conduit; barrel
2Proto-Finnicpuckiplant with a hollow stem, especially various plants of genus Angelica
3Proto-Uralicpučkehollow plant stalk

via Finnish kaasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew
Every word from Proto-Uralic pučke →Every word from Proto-Finnic pucki →Every word from Finnish putki →