Where does “kaasuvakio” come from?

kaasuvakio (Finnish) comes from Finnish vakio, from Finnish väkä, from Proto-Finnic vaka — calm; steady, stable.

kaasuvakio (Finnish): gas constant

Definitions

  1. gas constant

Ancestry of “kaasuvakio”, step by step

kaasuvakio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vakio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvakioconstant
2Finnishväkäbarb; fluke
3Proto-Finnicvakacalm; steady, stable

via Finnish kaasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew
Every word from Proto-Finnic vaka →Every word from Finnish väkä →Every word from Finnish vakio →