Where does “kaasusumu” come from?

kaasusumu (Finnish) comes from Finnish sumu, from Proto-Finnic sumu — fog, mist.

kaasusumu (Finnish): nebula

Definitions

  1. nebula

Ancestry of “kaasusumu”, step by step

kaasusumu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sumu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsumufog, mist; nebula
2Proto-Finnicsumufog, mist

via Finnish kaasu

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