Where does “kaasuvipu” come from?

kaasuvipu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaasu, from Proto-Uralic käsä — dew.

kaasuvipu (Finnish): throttle lever, accelerator

Definitions

  1. throttle lever, accelerator

Ancestry of “kaasuvipu”, step by step

kaasuvipu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaasu

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

via Finnish vipu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvipulever; a certain kind of trap
2Proto-Finnicvipulever
Every word from Proto-Uralic käsä →Every word from Finnish kaasu →