Where does “kaasuvaijeri” come from?

kaasuvaijeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaijeri, from Swedish vajer, from English wire, from Middle English wir, from Old English wīr, from English myrtle, from Old French myrte, from Latin myrtus.

kaasuvaijeri (Finnish): throttle cable, accelerator cable

Definitions

  1. throttle cable, accelerator cable

Ancestry of “kaasuvaijeri”, step by step

kaasuvaijeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaijeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaijeriwire rope; cable
2SwedishvajerA wire rope or steel cable
3EnglishwireMetal formed into a thin, even thread, now...
4Middle Englishwir
5Old Englishwīrwire, metal thread, wire-ornament
6EnglishmyrtleAn evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus...
7Old Frenchmyrte
8Latinmyrtusmyrtle
9Ancient Greekμύρτοςmyrtle; twig or spray of myrtle
10Ancient Greekμυρίκηtamarisk
11Ancient Greek-ίκη

via Finnish kaasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew
Every word from Ancient Greek -ίκηEvery word from Ancient Greek μυρίκηEvery word from Ancient Greek μύρτος