Where does “kaasuvalaistus” come from?

kaasuvalaistus (Finnish) comes from Finnish valaistus, from Finnish valaista, from Finnish valo, from Proto-Finnic valo, from Proto-Finno-Ugric waĺɜ.

kaasuvalaistus (Finnish): gas lighting

Definitions

  1. gas lighting

Ancestry of “kaasuvalaistus”, step by step

kaasuvalaistus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish valaistus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalaistuslighting; enlightenment; bodhi
2Finnishvalaistato light, illuminate; to shed light on,...
3Finnishvalolight
4Proto-Finnicvalolight visible radiation
5Proto-Finno-Ugricwaĺɜ—

via Finnish kaasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaasugas; gas pedal; "olla kaasussa": to be drunk
2Proto-Uralickäsädew
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric waĺɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic valo →Every word from Finnish valo →
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